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Re: Finding the name of makefile


From: Paul D. Smith
Subject: Re: Finding the name of makefile
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 19:00:02 -0400

%% "Malayambakkam, Ravi [IT]" <address@hidden> writes:

  mr> I would like to find the filename of the makefile currently being
  mr> executed.

  mr> I may specify the filename to execute using the -f option.  Is
  mr> there any variable that stores the make filename.

If you're using GNU make 3.80 you can check the MAKEFILE_LIST variable.
See the GNU make manual (for version 3.80) for details.

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