[erlang-questions] escript with module dependencies

[Helmick, Mike]

Hello -

I'm looking to run several scripts that depend on the same modules.

I have several questions/issues related to this.

1) Is there are way to compile the .erl files to beams when the escript is invoked?
 - thus eliminating the need for a build step.

2) Is there a way to signal escript to look for beams in a different directory than the current runtime?

thanks,
mike helmick