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

[Jason Pearce]

You are mixing up Make commands with shell commands.
$(dir xxxx) is the Make command, but that has already been expanded when 
the shell runs. That is why you get .\ for every output.
You want the shell version of $(dir xxx), try dirname $$i and you should 
have sucess.

Jason

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> 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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