diff --git a/utils/misc/release_gmsh_getdp.sh b/utils/misc/release_gmsh_getdp.sh
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+++ b/utils/misc/release_gmsh_getdp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 arch" 1>&2;
+  echo "  with arch in [mac,linux32,linux64,win32,win64]" 1>&2;
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+cd ${HOME}/src/gmsh
+svn update
+cd utils/nightly
+ctest -VV -S ./gmsh_$1.ctest
+
+cd ${HOME}/src/getdp
+svn update
+cd utils/nightly
+ctest -VV -S ./getdp_$1.ctest