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Branch based on operating system or shell-provided variables.

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Section: Includes and conditionals

OS-specific include

makefile
makefile
ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
  RM := del /Q
else
  RM := rm -f
endif
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Portable projects often branch on Windows vs Unix-like behavior.

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