__FILE__ macro prints relative path name of the file. I need only filename. How to extract this ? I dont want to use any string library - since it includes more Processing and needs to store the character array in executable. IS there any method at preprocessing level to do this . -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html