compile several modules from shell

[Roberto Ostinelli]

dear all,

as many of us are, i often use multiple nodes in my erlang
applications. during development, all nodes reside on the same
machine.

fact is, when i compile a module on one of the nodes, the other nodes
are erraticly updated with the freshly compiled module, even if it is
not running [probably a cache of the loaded modules, i guess]. what i
experience is that some nodes get updated, some others not, in a way i
cannot figure a common pattern.

therefore, the only thing i have figured out to do is to compile the
module on the shell of all the running nodes, issuing the
c(module_to_compile) command [which forces the refresh of the loaded
modules].

however, when i have to compile many modules, i find myself compiling
all of them manually, repeatedly: c(module_1), c(module_2), .... on
every node. this is annoying.

my questions are:

1. is there another way to force the refresh [if this is the issue] so
that, when i use a bash script to compile all modules all the nodes on
the machine use the freshly compiled code?
2. otherwise, is ther a way to issue a shell compile on multiple
modules [such as c(*) or such]?

thank you,

r.