On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 11:20 -0500, Peng Yu wrote:
> $(dir somevariable) gives the directory but with a trailing '/'. I
> could use $(patsubst ) to remove the trailing '/'. But I'm wondering
> what is the best way to get the dir without the trailing character in
> GNU Make?
This was asked just a few days ago. The standard way is:
$(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(sompath)))
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