Re: DOS path

[Paul Eggert]

> From: John Poltorak <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:21:20 +0000
> 
> What is the recommended way of treating a DOS path such as? :-
> 
> c:\def\ghij;k:\lm;
> 
> 
> Should some attempt be made to convert '\' to '/' before running autoconf 
> or configure,

That's what I'd do, yes.

In fact, I'd go further and insist on a PATH that conforms to POSIX,
and uses ":" as a separator.  My understanding is that the better DOS
development environments support that.  (Use one of those.  :-)