RE: [gentoo-server] Emerging for servers

Is there an app or script that I can use to emerge up to the point of compiling, without installing or completing the merge, track the packages that were compiled, and run a batch install of the compiled packages, collecting the package-specific notices? If not, can someone point me to a good scripting resource? I don't know a lot of shell scripting yet, so I need a basic and intermediate tutorial... Thanks!

Dan