Re: Patch for AS_MKDIR_P to properly support DOS paths

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <address@hidden> writes:

Alexandre> On Jan 18, 2001, Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I'd like the patch not to use the two of them.

Alexandre> But MS-Windows accepts both / and \ as pathname separators,
Alexandre> even within a single pathname.  So we should accept both of
Alexandre> them too.

Arg, didn't know, thanks!

Alexandre> Whether we should handle \ especially on Unix platforms is
Alexandre> the only arguable issue.  I'd rather have a uniform
Alexandre> behavior, which means we'd handle \ as a pathname separator
Alexandre> regardless of the platform.  After all, nobody would be
Alexandre> insane enough to have filenames or directory names
Alexandre> containing backslashes, right?

Agreed.  I read this as an OK, and apply this patch.