diff --git a/tools/export/iar/__init__.py b/tools/export/iar/__init__.py
index d9b92db4f3..475f86615e 100644
--- a/tools/export/iar/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/export/iar/__init__.py
@@ -122,12 +122,11 @@ class IAR(Exporter):
         self.gen_file(self.get_ewp_template(), ctx, self.project_name + ".ewp")
 
     @staticmethod
-    def build(project_name, cleanup=True):
+    def build(project_name, log_name="build_log.txt", cleanup=True):
         """ Build IAR project """
         # > IarBuild [project_path] -build [project_name]
-
         proj_file = project_name + ".ewp"
-        cmd = ["IarBuild.exe", proj_file, '-build', project_name]
+        cmd = ["IarBuild", proj_file, '-build', project_name]
 
         # IAR does not support a '0' option to automatically use all
         # available CPUs, so we use Python's multiprocessing library
@@ -139,23 +138,38 @@ class IAR(Exporter):
         if jobs:
             cmd += ['-parallel', str(jobs)]
 
+        # Build the project
         p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
-        num_errors = 0
-        #Parse the output for printing and errors
-        for line in p.stdout.readlines():
-            sys.stdout.write(line)
-            error_re = '\s*Total number of errors:\s*(\d+)\s*'
-            m = re.match(error_re, line)
-            if m is not None:
-                num_errors = int(m.group(1))
+        out, err = p.communicate()
+        ret_code = p.returncode
 
+        out_string = "=" * 10 + "STDOUT" + "=" * 10 + "\n"
+        out_string += out
+        out_string += "=" * 10 + "STDERR" + "=" * 10 + "\n"
+        out_string += err
+
+        if ret_code == 0:
+            out_string += "SUCCESS"
+        else:
+            out_string += "FAILURE"
+
+        print out_string
+
+        if log_name:
+            # Write the output to the log file
+            with open(log_name, 'w+') as f:
+                f.write(out_string)
+
+        # Cleanup the exported and built files
         if cleanup:
             os.remove(project_name + ".ewp")
             os.remove(project_name + ".ewd")
             os.remove(project_name + ".eww")
-            shutil.rmtree('.build')
+            if exists('.build'):
+                shutil.rmtree('.build')
 
-        if num_errors !=0:
+        if ret_code !=0:
             # Seems like something went wrong.
             return -1
-        return 0
+        else:
+            return 0
diff --git a/tools/export/makefile/__init__.py b/tools/export/makefile/__init__.py
index 816ec8785d..05200bfb8d 100644
--- a/tools/export/makefile/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/export/makefile/__init__.py
@@ -110,32 +110,41 @@ class Makefile(Exporter):
         """ Build Make project """
         # > Make -j
         cmd = ["make", "-j"]
-        p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
-        ret = p.communicate()
-        out, err = ret[0], ret[1]
-        ret_code = p.returncode
-        with open(log_name, 'w+') as f:
-            f.write("=" * 10 + "OUT" + "=" * 10 + "\n")
-            f.write(out)
-            f.write("=" * 10 + "ERR" + "=" * 10 + "\n")
-            f.write(err)
-            if ret_code == 0:
-                f.write("SUCCESS")
-            else:
-                f.write("FAILURE")
-        with open(log_name, 'r') as f:
-            print "\n".join(f.readlines())
-        sys.stdout.flush()
 
+        # Build the project
+        p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+        out, err = p.communicate()
+        ret_code = p.returncode
+
+        out_string = "=" * 10 + "STDOUT" + "=" * 10 + "\n"
+        out_string += out
+        out_string += "=" * 10 + "STDERR" + "=" * 10 + "\n"
+        out_string += err
+
+        if ret_code == 0:
+            out_string += "SUCCESS"
+        else:
+            out_string += "FAILURE"
+
+        print out_string
+
+        if log_name:
+            # Write the output to the log file
+            with open(log_name, 'w+') as f:
+                f.write(out_string)
+
+        # Cleanup the exported and built files
         if cleanup:
             remove("Makefile")
             remove(log_name)
             if exists('.build'):
                 shutil.rmtree('.build')
+
         if ret_code != 0:
             # Seems like something went wrong.
             return -1
-        return 0
+        else:
+            return 0
 
 
 class GccArm(Makefile):
diff --git a/tools/export/uvision/__init__.py b/tools/export/uvision/__init__.py
index 14eedbc637..e815a00d53 100644
--- a/tools/export/uvision/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/export/uvision/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import ntpath
 import copy
 from collections import namedtuple
 import shutil
-import subprocess
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 import re
 
 from tools.arm_pack_manager import Cache
@@ -208,21 +208,30 @@ class Uvision(Exporter):
     @staticmethod
     def build(project_name, log_name='build_log.txt', cleanup=True):
         """ Build Uvision project """
-        # > UV4.exe -r -j0 -o [log_name] [project_name].uvprojx
-        success = 0
-        warn  = 1
-        cmd = ["UV4.exe", '-r', '-j0', '-o', log_name, project_name+".uvprojx"]
-        ret_code = subprocess.call(cmd)
-        with open(log_name, 'r') as build_log:
-            print build_log.read()
+        # > UV4 -r -j0 -o [log_name] [project_name].uvprojx
+        proj_file = project_name + ".uvprojx"
+        cmd = ['UV4', '-r', '-j0', '-o', log_name, proj_file]
+
+        # Build the project
+        p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+        out, err = p.communicate()
+        ret_code = p.returncode
+
+        # Print the log file to stdout
+        with open(log_name, 'r') as f:
+            print f.read()
+
+        # Cleanup the exported and built files
         if cleanup:
             os.remove(log_name)
             os.remove(project_name+".uvprojx")
             os.remove(project_name+".uvoptx")
-            shutil.rmtree(".build")
+            if exists('.build'):
+                shutil.rmtree(".build")
 
-
-        if ret_code != success and ret_code != warn:
+        # Returns 0 upon success, 1 upon a warning, and neither upon an error
+        if ret_code != 0 and ret_code != 1:
             # Seems like something went wrong.
             return -1
-        return 0
+        else:
+            return 0