> From: Ronald Hoogenboom <rhoogenb...@irdeto.com> > Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 14:46:00 +0000 > > small makefile to produce what I mean: > ------------ cut here --------------- > TRY=APP.BA\x BPP.BB\y > > all: > @echo $(foreach x,$(TRY),$(firstword $(subst ., ,$x))) > > none: > @echo $(basename $(TRY)) > ------------- cut here --------------- > > "make all" does my workaround "make none" does the 'native' basename. > > expect > APP BPP > > since 4.x window/cygwin > APP.BA\x BPP.BB\y
This is according to the documentation: '$(basename NAMES...)' Extracts all but the suffix of each file name in NAMES. If the file name contains a period, the basename is everything starting up to (and not including) the last period. Periods in the directory part are ignored. If there is no period, the basename is the entire file name. For example, $(basename src/foo.c src-1.0/bar hacks) produces the result 'src/foo src-1.0/bar hacks'. "Periods in the directory part are ignored." Which is what you have: the file-name extensions are in the directory names, not the file names.