How do you know it's translating the backslashes to slashes? Is there something you did not tell us? Does even a script that looks like the snipet above fail on those servers? What does the actual code look like?

Jenda
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
   -- Rick Osborne

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