What's the name of the Makefile 'match' special variable?

Question

What is the name of the special Makefile variable that contains the match of %, to use in the rule body?

As an example, I would like to use it like this:

%.o: %.c
             @echo Matched $MATCH
             $(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $< -o $@

where I put $MATCH there because I can't remember the actual name of that special pattern-match variable.

In other words, if the user says make foo.c I want to output Matched foo.

I didn't find it here, but I it exists because I've used it before ...

Answer 1

Dollar asterisk -- $*

See here: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/aix/v6r1/topic/com.ibm.aix.genprogc/doc/genprogc/make.htm#a24065d9469soni

Answer 2

I don't see a specific variable, but here is a solution for you:

%.o: %.c
    @echo Matched `basename $@ .o`
    $(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $< -o $@