Installing script and .log file

Question

Hello eveyone, I've the following scriopt that installs 2 packages et copies 2 files into a specific location.
echo installation Firebird
sudo installer -pkg /Autonome/FirebirdSS-1.5.5-4926-powerpc.pkg -target /
echo "Copie des fichiers necessaires pour l'application (Conf et UDF)"
cp /Autonome/FreeAdhocUDF /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/var
cp -f /Autonome/firebird.conf /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/var
echo installation Autonome
sudo installer -pkg /Autonome/ClientTheriaqueAutonome.pkg -target /Applications/ClientTheriaqueAutonome
echo suppression des fichiers temporaires
rm -rf /Autonome
rm /Applications/ClientTheriaqueAutonome/LiveUpdate/Test.xml
It works fine for most users, but forme some others who have Mac OS 10.5.4 there's a problem when installing the ClientTheriaqueAutonome package (I'm not sure but after the investigation,I've made I found that it is not installed in its location).
So I'm asking your help to tell me if :
1. There's some specification in the /Applications in the 10.5.4 Mac OS version
2. How I must to change my script to have a log file ( to know if a command exection was succes or fail)
3. There's an other best alternative to do the installation as I've made in the script.
Many thanks in advance for your help and collbaoration.
Best reguads.

Answer 1

there's a problem when installing the ClientTheriaqueAutonome package
That's probably because you're saying:
sudo installer -pkg /Autonome/ClientTheriaqueAutonome.pkg -target /Applications/ClientTheriaqueAutonome
According to man installer, the -target parameter is the device you want to install on, not the directory. Therefore you should specify -target / and the installer package should contain all the necessary data to install the file in /Application/ClientTheriaqueAutonome/
2. How I must to change my script to have a log file ( to know if a command exection was succes or fail).
How are you calling the script?
If you're calling it in the command line you can just append '> /path/to/your.log', e.g.:
./install > /path/to/your.log
If not, you can append '>> /path/to/your.log' to each command:
echo 'Installation Firebird' >> /path/to/your.log
sudo installer -pkg blah blah blah >> /path/to/your.log
... etc.
As for an AppleScript-based solution there are several ways, but what's not clear is how the files are getting setup in the first place. Your script defines the source files as being in /Autonome - how are they getting there?