Command strings

[alex <radsky ncia net>]

I know that some commands can be combined into a single
command like this: (using ; separators)

#  mount -t vfat /dev/hda1
#  cd /mnt/hda1
#  ls -aF --color=auto

can be done like this, using ; separators

# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1; cd /mnt/hda1; ls -aF 
--color=auto


But, how about combining commmands where each command 
initiates a series of steps that must be satisfied before 
going to the next one?  I vaguely recall that this can be 
done but have forgotten the specifics.

 $ ./configure
 $ make
 $ su -c make install
      (combining)
 $ ./configure___  make___  su -c make install


What should be the separators in  ___  ?