Re: Fwd: Re: [Mingw-users] Autoconf MSYS_PREFIX_HACK

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Keith Marshall wrote:
> Well, if by the "Bourne shell" you mean MSYS' Bourne shell, (which is
> actually `bash' masquerading as `sh'), I think you are mistaken.  I *never*
> specify paths with backslashes, when using this shell, even to invoke native
> Win32 programs, and I have not had any problem as a result.  Indeed, it is
> *only* if I try to use *backslashes* -- to show someone else how *bad* they
> are -- that I have ever experienced a problem.

Good for you!

The Windows operating system uses backslash as its native directory 
separator.  When building native Windows applications (e.g. using 
MinGW) it seems most useful to embed path information which is 
compatible with the operating system.

Bob
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