Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool: Windows Separators and Drive Letters

| #### 15.3.5.6 Windows Separators and Drive Letters On Unix, directories in a file name are separated by a forward slash (``/'`). On Windows, directories are separated by a backward slash (``\'`). For example, the Unix file ``dir/file'` on Windows would be ``dir\file'`.(35) On Unix, a list of directories is normally separated by a colon (``:'`). On Windows, a list of directories is normally separated by a semicolon (``;'`). For example, a simple Unix search path might look like this: ``/bin:/usr/bin'`. The same search path on Windows would probably look like this: ``c:\bin;c:\usr\bin'`. On Unix, the file system is a single tree rooted at the directory simply named ``/'`. On Windows, there are multiple file system trees. Absolute file names often start with a drive letter followed by a colon. Windows maintains a default drive, and a default directory on each drive, which can make it difficult for a program to convert a relative file name into the absolute file name intended by the user. Windows permits referring to files on other systems by using a file name which starts with two slashes followed by a system name.

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