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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 10:34:18 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
Subject: using `notdir' inside a loop in a makefile
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Would someone please explain why the following makefile fragment
doesn't behave as expected?  Something about using `notdir' inside
the `for' loop isn't working as desired.

subdirs = ./dir1/foo.1 ./dir2/bar.2
test:
        for k in $(subdirs) ; do \
                echo $$k ; \
                echo $(notdir $$k) ; \
        done
        
Here's the output I get:
        
% make test
for k in ./dir1/foo.1 ./dir2/bar.2 ; do \
        echo $k ; \
        echo $k ; \
done

./dir1/foo.1
./dir1/foo.1
./dir2/bar.2
./dir2/bar.2

but the output I *want* is

./dir1/foo.1
foo.1
./dir2/bar.2
bar.2

TIA---jtw