Can't use environment variables with backslashes

[Dmitri]

I'm using CodeLite 10.0.7 on Windows 10, with mingw-64 compiler.
I have an environment variable where some path is stored, let's say,

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MY_VAR = D:\My\Var

Notice it uses '\' backslashes
When I use this variable inside project settings, let's say, I use it in intermediate directory path:

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$(MY_VAR)\obj

Note: CodeLite will rename this to $(MY_VAR)/obj
, I'm getting error on linking:

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.../mingw-w64/mingw32/bin/ar.exe: D:MyVar/Main.cpp.o: No such file or directory

Notice that backslashes were removed from the path (D:MyVar) at some point.

That's not normal, right? Can it be fixed?

[eranif]

I don't think it's CodeLite which does that, but rather "Make"
Can you check the generated makefile and see how it was passed to it?
I am guessing that it will be as you wrote it (D:\My\Var)

You have 2 options here:
- Use double backslashes ("\\")
- Use forward slash ("/") - Windows can work with both forward-slash and backslash

[Dmitri]

Yes, it looks like it's fine in .mk file:

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IntermediateDirectory  :=$(MY_VAR)/obj

Also, it doesn't happen (i.e. I can compile just fine) if I disable "Pass object list to linker via file" option. So I guess these backslashes are removed while writing/reading object filenames to that additional file. Can you check this?

[eranif]

can you please pay the entire makefile?

also, there is a file with the name <project-name>.txt, can you also paste its content?