Re: [bug #51309] Determination of a file list from a single folder without changing the working directory

[Henrik Carlqvist]

> I came along the need to query a single folder without changing the
> working directory so that only file names (without folder names) will be
> in the result. 

The easiest way to accomplish such a thing is probably to use the notdir
function:

MY_FILES=$(notdir $(wildcard somedir/*.ext))

See also the documentation of notdir at
https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/File-Name-Functions.html

regards Henrik