DOCERR: NMAKE Predefined Macro $(@D) Has Same Value As $@

Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
Article ID: Q64032

1.11 | 1.11 MS-DOS | OS/2 kbtool kbdocerr

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS, version 1.11
Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2, version 1.11

SYMPTOMS

With NMAKE version 1.11 the predefined macros $@ and $(@D) both expand to the same value. Page 114 of the "Microsoft C Advanced Programming Techniques" manual that ships with C versions 6.0 and 6.0a shows an example value of the predefined NMAKE macro $@ as:

   C:\SOURCE\PROG\SORT.OBJ

The macro $(@D) is listed as having a sample value of:

   C:\SOURCE\PROG

With NMAKE version 1.11, both macros give the value of the full path, filename, and extension, or:

   C:\SOURCE\PROG\SORT.OBJ

RESOLUTION

This problem has been fixed in NMAKE versions 1.12 and later.

MORE INFORMATION

Running NMAKE version 1.11 with the following makefile gives the result:

     echo c:\config.sys
    c:\config.sys

The result should be:

     echo c:\config
    c:\config

Sample Makefile

c:\config.sys :

     echo $(@D)

Additional reference words: 1.11
KBCategory: kbtool kbdocerr
KBSubcategory: NmakeIss
Keywords : kb16bitonly

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Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
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