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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# relative path to the cmake source tree directory (contains "CMakeLists.txt")
+SRCDIR="."
+
+# relative path to the cmake build tree directory 
+BUILDDIR="build"
+
+DIR=$(pwd)
+
+if [[ ! -f "$DIR"/"$SRCDIR"/CMakeLists.txt ]]
+then
+  echo "$SRCDIR/CMakeLists.txt not found" >&2
+  SCRIPTNAME=$(basename "$0" 2>/dev/null || echo "$0")
+  echo "please run '$SCRIPTNAME' from its containing directory" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# note: NCORES may be too large on systems with hyperthreading
+NCORES=$(grep -c "^processor" /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null)
+if [[ ! $NCORES -ge 1 ]]
+then
+  NCORES=1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "$BUILDDIR"
+cd "$BUILDDIR"
+
+cmake "$DIR"/"$SRCDIR"/ && make -j $NCORES
+
+cd "$DIR"