RE: why doesn't vpath %.c subdir// work?

[Mark Galeck (CW)]

>This isn't about a flame war, it's about facts.

>"Windows" means the Windows API, specifically the file API.

OK, to quote Georgie from "Clockwork Orange", "if you must have it, have it 
then".  Originally the context was:


>Don't double-slashes have some magical meaning in paths in Windows?

> No - double-backslash does, but not double-forward.

>Actually, Windows treats both flavors or slashes the same


I say the meaning of "Windows" in the above exchange was clear:  the OS, and 
specifically the cmd.exe shell in which context make is run.  If you disagree 
with this, then I won't argue with you.  

Mark