path.join universal front - backslash not implemented

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Start by locating the module's path.join implementation and any existing join tests. Compare the requested behavior with Node's path.join on Windows and POSIX systems, then run the relevant test suite. Done means join handles the requested slash portability consistently across operating systems.

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Description

Node's version of path.join converts the front or backslash appropriately depending on the operating system. For example, windows uses a frontslash for its directories. And linux and mac use a backslash for their directories.

The issue is when coding on Windows, you must use a frontslash. But when deploying on Mac, it must be converted to a backslash. This presents a portability issue.

Node's "join" actually handles this quite simply using conditionals to determine which operating system the user is on. But this version does not handle the front/backslash problem. Is it possible to implement Node's version of "join" in this module?

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