Makefile that distinguishes between Windows and Unix-like systems

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I solved this by looking for an env variable that will only be set on windows.

ifdef OS
   RM = del /Q
   FixPath = $(subst /,\,$1)
else
   ifeq ($(shell uname), Linux)
      RM = rm -f
      FixPath = $1
   endif
endif

clean:
    $(RM) $(call FixPath,objs/*)

Because %OS% is the type of windows, it should be set on all Windows computers but not on Linux.

The blocks then setups up variables for the different programs as well as a function for converting the forward slashes into backslashes.

You to have to use $(call FixPath,path) when you call an outside command (internal commands work fine). You could also use something like:

/ := /

and then

objs$(/)*

if you like that format better.

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