MAKEFLAGS += --warn-undefined-variables .DEFAULT_GOAL := all .DELETE_ON_ERROR: .SUFFIXES: SHELL := bash .SHELLFLAGS := -e -o pipefail -c escape = $(subst ','\'',$(1)) cwd := $(shell basename -- "$$( pwd )") export cwd # printf $cwd echo_cwd := printf '%s\n' '$(call escape,$(cwd))' # bash -c 'printf $cwd' bash_cwd := bash -c '$(call escape,$(echo_cwd))' # Simple variable. inner_var := Inner variable # Composite variable, includes both $inner_var and $cwd. outer_var := Outer variable - $(inner_var) - $(cwd) # printf $outer_var echo_outer_var := printf '%s\n' '$(call escape,$(outer_var))' .PHONY: test test: @printf '%s\n' '$(call escape,$(cwd))' @printf '%s\n' "$$cwd" @bash -c '$(call escape,$(echo_cwd))' @bash -c '$(call escape,$(bash_cwd))' @printf '%s\n' '$(call escape,$(outer_var))' @bash -c '$(call escape,$(echo_outer_var))'