--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/common/bin/shell-tracer.sh	Fri Oct 26 14:29:57 2012 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+#
+# This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+# accompanied this code).
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+# 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+# or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+# questions.
+#
+
+# Usage: sh shell-tracer.sh <TIME_CMD> <OUTPUT_FILE> <OLD_SHELL> <shell command line>
+#
+# This shell script is supposed to be set as a replacement for SHELL in make,
+# causing it to be called whenever make wants to execute shell commands.
+# The <shell command line> is suitable for passing on to the old shell, 
+# typically beginning with -c.
+#
+# This script will make sure the shell command line is executed with 
+# OLD_SHELL -x, and it will also store a simple log of the the time it takes to
+# execute the command in the OUTPUT_FILE, using the "time" utility as pointed 
+# to by TIME_CMD. If TIME_CMD is "-", no timestamp will be stored.
+
+TIME_CMD="$1"
+OUTPUT_FILE="$2"
+OLD_SHELL="$3"
+shift
+shift
+shift
+if [ "$TIME_CMD" != "-" ]; then
+"$TIME_CMD" -f "[TIME:%E] $*" -a -o "$OUTPUT_FILE" "$OLD_SHELL" -x "$@"
+else
+"$OLD_SHELL" -x "$@"
+fi