getlongpathname(SCI) returns a path with "/" as file separator, while it is specific to MSWindows that uses only "\"

Reported by Samuel GOUGEON (@sgougeon)

BUG DESCRIPTION:
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-->SCI
 SCI  =
 C:/SOFTWA~1/scilab/SCILAB~1.2-2   
 
-->WSCI
 WSCI  = 
 C:\Softwares\scilab\scilab-6.0.0-beta-2   

-->getlongpathname(SCI)
 ans  =
 C:/Softwares/scilab/scilab-6.0.0-beta-2 
  
-->getlongpathname(strsubst(SCI,"/","\"))
 ans  =
 C:\Softwares\scilab\scilab-6.0.0-beta-2  

--> getlongpathname(SCI)==WSCI
 ans  =
  F

The present behavior is inconsistent.
The conversion to "\" should be automatic and systematical whether the OS is actually MSWindows.

Same behavior with Scilab 5.5.2 and Scilab 6.0.0-b2+
Scilab 6.0 aims to improve Scilab's consistency.
Here is an excellent opportunity.
This is why i set the report for Scilab 6

ERROR LOG:
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none. Wrong answer

HOW TO REPRODUCE THE BUG:
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p = getlongpathname(SCI)
grep(p, "/")~=[]
p==WSCI

getlongpathname(SCI) returns a path with "/" as file separator, while it is specific to MSWindows that uses only "\"

Reported by Samuel GOUGEON (@sgougeon)

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