Getting base name of the source file at compile time

Question

I\'m using GCC; __FILE__ returns the current source file\'s entire path and name: /path/to/file.cpp. Is there a way to get just the file\'s name file.cpp<

Answer 1

You could use:

bool IsDebugBuild()
{
    return !NDEBUG;
}

Or, you could use NDEBUG in your Macro to turn on/off those file paths.

Answer 2

Just got the same issue; found a different resolution, just thought I'd share it:

In a header file included in all my other files:

static char * file_bname = NULL;
#define __STRIPPED_FILE__   (file_bname ?: (file_bname = basename(__FILE__)))

Hope this is useful to someone else as well :)