Re: Strange behaviour using the function $(dir ....)

[Noel Yap]

You're missing something:  make functions are evaluated at makefile parse time, 
not during the execution of actions.

Try using "echo `dirname $$i`" in the below.

HTH,
Noel

address@hidden wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am using gmake 3.80 version. I have this simple makefile to get the 
> directory part of the files as mentioned below.
>
> D=d:/bg/123/ # change to /tmp/123 on unix
>
> A=src/1.c src/2.c src/3.c src/4.c
> C=$(addprefix $(D),$(A))
>
> all:
>         @for i in $(C); do \
>         echo $$i; \
>         echo $(dir $$i);\
>         done
>
> The results are as follows:
> *_on Unix:_*
>
> $gmake -f test.mk
> /tmp/123/src/1.c
> ./
> /tmp/123/src/2.c
> ./
> /tmp/123/src/3.c
> ./
> /tmp/123/src/4.c
> ./
>
> *_On Windows:_*
>
> gmake -f D:\bg.mk
> d:/bg/123/src/1.c
> ./
> d:/bg/123/src/2.c
> ./
> d:/bg/123/src/3.c
> ./
> d:/bg/123/src/4.c
> ./
>
> Am I missing something or is this a bug.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Bhaskar G
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