6.14 Other Special Variables
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GNU `make' supports some variables that have special properties.

`MAKEFILE_LIST'
     Contains the name of each makefile that is parsed by `make', in
     the order in which it was parsed.  The name is appended just
     before `make' begins to parse the makefile.  Thus, if the first
     thing a makefile does is examine the last word in this variable, it
     will be the name of the current makefile.  Once the current
     makefile has used `include', however, the last word will be the
     just-included makefile.

     If a makefile named `Makefile' has this content:

          name1 := $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))

          include inc.mk

          name2 := $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))

          all:
                  @echo name1 = $(name1)
                  @echo name2 = $(name2)

     then you would expect to see this output:

          name1 = Makefile
          name2 = inc.mk