On Fri, 14 May 2021 at 01:01, Martin Sebor wrote:
>
> On 5/4/21 9:34 AM, Peng Yu via Gcc-help wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > __FILE__ is the full path of the file used at compile time.
> >
> > $ cat a/test.c
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > int main() {
> > puts(__FILE__);
> > return 0;
> > }
> > $ gcc a/test.c
> > $ ./a.out
> > a/test.c
> >
> > The following discussion says there is no way to get its basename and
> > dirname at compile time. Is it still the case?
> >
> > Could <string.h> functions be used at compile time for __FILE__ since
> > __FILE__ is known at compile time anyway? Thanks.
> >
> > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8487986/file-macro-shows-full-path
> >
>
> There is no macro for just the base name part of __FILE__ that I know
> of
There is a patch to add one from 2010, but it never got properly
submitted to the mailing list as far as I know:
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42579
