I want to construct a script file that auto ./configure , make, make check, make install, make clean's. I still have to do some research on this but I was curious... I found a thread that gave an example of making a command, I would think it was global.. the format was

alias CommandName="What you want it to do here"
and then I would just place this code within ~/.bashrc. Now would it be easier to do like I want and make a sript file and somehow place it on this line and make a call to it? If so would just placing the file path/name within the " " work? If not how would I go about seperating each command within that line of code?

ie. alias inst="./configure * make * make check * make install * make clean"

Where * is the seperator used to run each as a command

Any ideas?

easy :
./configure && make && make install
&& stop the script if there's an error.

call the textfile "inst" make it executable and put it whatever you want, just be sure the folder is in your path (to add it, add it to user profile in .bash.rc or .profile in their home or change the global profile in /etc/profile. just add a line like PATH="$PATH:/where/you/want")

do you mean like putting the && between commands?
such as ./configure && make

hehh looks like someone got to it before me

Lol Dr0zz.. appreciate the feedback guys. I'm gonna give this a shot. When you said you want me to make a text file Half_Elf, you meant inst.txt right?

I put
#inst command path

PATH="$PATH:/home/ghost/bin/"

inside of /etc/profile but when I goto the prompt and type inst it says bash: inst: command not found.. what did I do wrong?

you have to logout/login to make it work (you can also type source /etc/profile)
by a text file, I mean a file... anything that is unknow is "text" under linux, no need to put the .txt.