diff scripts/build_pd_heavy.sh @ 549:ff0e9e827dcd prerelease

Updated uploader.py and build_pd_heavy for a more graceful failure

--- a/scripts/build_pd_heavy.sh	Fri Jun 24 04:49:40 2016 +0100
+++ b/scripts/build_pd_heavy.sh	Fri Jun 24 12:42:48 2016 +0100
@@ -126,28 +126,31 @@
 #TODO: get a reliable, exhaustive, up-to-date list.
 HEAVY_FILES='Heavy* Hv*'
 
+check_board_alive
 set_date
 reference_time_file="$projectpath"/
 
 uploadBuildRun(){
     if [ $NO_UPLOAD -eq 0 ]; then
         # remove old static files to avoid obsolete errors
-	# make sure the path is not empty, so avoiding to rm -rf / by mistake 
-	[ -z $projectpath ] && { echo 'ERROR: $projectpath is empty.'; exit 0; } 
+        # make sure the path is not empty, so avoiding to rm -rf / by mistake 
+        [ -z $projectpath ] && { echo 'ERROR: $projectpath is empty.'; exit 0; } 
         # use -rf to prevent warnings in case they do not exist
         for file in $HEAVY_FILES
-	do 
-	    rm -rf "$projectpath"/$file
-	done
+	    do 
+	        rm -rf "$projectpath"/$file
+	    done
+        
+		echo "Invoking the online compiler..."
         # invoke the online compiler
         "$BELA_PYTHON27" $HVRESOURCES_DIR/uploader.py "$pdpath"/ -n $ENZIENAUDIO_COM_PATCH_NAME -g c -o "$projectpath" $RELEASE_STRING ||\
-            { echo "ERROR: an error occurred while executing the uploader.py script"; exit 1; }
+            { echo "ERROR: an error occurred while executing the uploader.py script"; exit $?; }
     fi;
 
     echo "";
 
     # Test that files have been retrieved from the online compiler.
-    # TODO: find a more reliable way of doing this. e.g.: have uploader.py fail with a non-zero error code.
+	# TODO: skip this now that uplodaer.py returns meaningful exit codes 
     for file in $HEAVY_FILES;
     do
         ls "$projectpath"/$file >/dev/null 2>&1 || {