[Mono-bugs] [Bug 71214][Maj] New - No way to express backslashes with DirectoryInfo

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Changed by joeshaw@novell.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=71214

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+Bug#: 71214
+Product: Mono: Class Libraries
+Version: 1.1
+OS: 
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Major
+Component: CORLIB
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: joeshaw@novell.com               
+QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: No way to express backslashes with DirectoryInfo
+
+The backslash is a valid character in unix filenames, but if you try to use
+them in mono, they are implicitly converted to forward slashes, causing
+tracebacks and such later when you try to manipulate them.
+
+The DirectoryInfo constructor calls Path.GetFullPath, which calls
+Path.CanonicalizePath, which in Step 3 splits on both the
+DirectorySeparatorChar and the AltDirectorySeparatorChar, which is the root
+of the problem.  When it puts the path back together, the backslashes are
+replaced with forward slashes.
+
+Attached is a test case which shows the problem.  The expected output (at
+least for the first two) should really be "/test/one\two\three/four"