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

ID: Q64032

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 query words: 1.11

Keywords : kb16bitonly
Version : MS-DOS:1.11; OS/2:1.11
Platform : MS-DOS OS/2
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