speed up your build process "make"

use "make -j"

where number of jobs are those that can run parellel to make it faster

static variables in function scope are not thread safe

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/03/08/85901.aspx

shell IF statements

shell script, IF evaluate conditions:

Expression	Description
-d file	True if file is a directory.
-e file	True if file exists.
-f file	True if file exists and is a regular file.
-L file	True if file is a symbolic link.
-r file	True if file is a file readable by you.
-w file	True if file is a file writable by you.
-x file	True if file is a file executable by you.
file1 -nt file2	True if file1 is newer than (according to modification time) file2
file1 -ot file2	True if file1 is older than file2
-z string	True if string is empty.
-n string	True if string is not empty.
string1 = string2	True if string1 equals string2.
string1 != string2	True if string1 does not equal string2.