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     NMAKE provides a syntax that you can use in commands to represent
     components of the name of the first dependent file. The filename
     components are the file's drive, path, base name, and extension as
     you have specified it, not as it exists on disk.
 
     The first dependent is usually the first file listed to the right
     of the colon in a dependency line. However, NMAKE considers an
     inferred dependent to be first, ahead of any explicit dependents.
     See: ◄Inferred Dependents►
 
     NOTE:  There is another way to represent components of the
            predefined filename macros.
            See: ◄Modifying Filename Macros►
 
     Representing the Entire Filename
 
     You can represent the complete filename with the following syntax:
 
          %s
 
     For example, if a description block contains
 
          sample.exe : c:\project\sample.obj
            LINK %s;
 
     NMAKE interprets the command as
 
          LINK c:\project\sample.obj;
 
     Representing Parts of the Filename
 
     You can represent parts of the filename with the following syntax:
 
          %|[parts]F
 
     where <parts> is zero or more specification letters, in any order:
 
          Letter       Description
 
          No letter    Complete name
 
          d            Drive
 
          p            Path
 
          f            File base name
 
          e            File extension
 
     Using this syntax, you can represent a complete filename by %|F or
     by %|dpfeF, as well as by %s.
 
     Example
 
          sample.exe : c:\project\sample.obj
            LINK %s, a:%|pfF.exe;
 
     NMAKE interprets the first filename specification in the command
     as the complete filename of the dependent. It interprets the
     second specification as a filename with the same path and base
     name as the dependent but on the specified drive and with the
     specified extension. It executes the following command:
 
          LINK c:\project\sample.obj, a:\project\sample.exe;
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