portable_program_reviewed

#! /bin/bash

# Create a temporary file name for the executable file:
TMP_PROGRAM_FILE="$(mktemp programXXXXXX)"

# Compile the embedded C program:
gcc -o "$TMP_PROGRAM_FILE" -x c - <<- END_OF_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) 
{
    int i;

    puts("Hello, world! I am a pseudoportable C program.");
    for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) 
    {
        printf("Argument %d: %s\n", i, argv[i]);
    }

    return argc - 1;
}
END_OF_SOURCE

# Run the program delegating all the arguments:
./$TMP_PROGRAM_FILE $@

# Save the exit status of the C program:
EXIT_STATUS=$(echo $?)

# Remove the executable file:
trap "rm $TMP_PROGRAM_FILE" EXIT

# Exit returning the exit status of the C program:
exit $EXIT_STATUS