os-windows/5156: apache not running correctly from command line

[Colin Shelton <ni...@hotmail.com>]

>Number:         5156
>Category:       os-windows
>Synopsis:       apache not running correctly from command line
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          duplicate
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 15 15:10:02 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     niloc_69@hotmail.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6
>Environment:
NT 4.0,pre-compiled
>Description:
same error as 3767.  I also tried a few other test cases.  used -d flag:

apache -d C:\lkjsadf

got an error for directory C:/lakgh...: notice how the slashes were switched.
This also happens with the -f flag.
It would appear that somewhere all of the input arguments are being parsed and
that all '\' are being replaced by '/'.  For obvious reasons this isn't so good under windows.

A co-worker told they didn't see this problem when using 1.3.9 but I haven't even
checked to see if that release exists and is stable.
>How-To-Repeat:
see PR 3767
>Fix:
Remove all command line parsing that translates '\' to '/'.  ez n'uf
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