Re: variable that represents the stem in a pattern rule?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Boris Kolpackov wrote:

> "Robert P. J. Day" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >   from what i read, i don't see anything like this, but is there a
> > special variable that represents just the matching stem in a
> > pattern rule?
>
> For both static pattern rules and implicit rules it is $*, as
> described in the "Automatic Variables" section of the GNU make
> manual.

argh.  i specifically went through the section "Pattern Rules" in the
o'reilly book looking for this feature, and that section mentioned
nothing about it that i could see.  grrr ....

rday