+# MBN: if anyone has a better solution for this kludge, step
+# forward, *please*
+# this tests is we are on cygwin or not ( will _not_ work if you are using
+# ZSH on plain Win32, tought ); it uses the presence of "/"
+# in the PATH variable
+
+# how do you do "VAR=\" ? BLEAGH!
+BACKSLASH=$(subst a,\,a)
+ifeq (,$(findstring /,$(PATH)))
+ IS_CYGWIN=0
+ PATH_SEPARATOR:=$(BACKSLASH)
+ PATH_SUBST=/
+else
+ IS_CYGWIN=1
+ PATH_SEPARATOR=/
+ PATH_SUBST:=$(BACKSLASH)
+endif