diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
index 083ea4a0b..fd6e0d1bb 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
@@ -453,9 +453,10 @@ public class Project {
     }
 
     public File resolveFile(String fileName) {
+        fileName = fileName.replace('/', File.separatorChar).replace('\\', File.separatorChar);
+
         // deal with absolute files
-        if (fileName.startsWith("/")) return new File( fileName );
-        if (fileName.startsWith(System.getProperty("file.separator")))
+        if (fileName.startsWith(File.separator)) 
             return new File( fileName );
 
         // Eliminate consecutive slashes after the drive spec
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ public class Project {
         }
 
         File file = new File(baseDir.getAbsolutePath());
-        StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(fileName, "/", false);
+        StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(fileName, File.separator, false);
         while (tok.hasMoreTokens()) {
             String part = tok.nextToken();
             if (part.equals("..")) {
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Commandline.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Commandline.java
index 50d0c7186..753aec0c6 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Commandline.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/Commandline.java
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public class Commandline implements Cloneable {
         final int inQuote = 1;
         final int inDoubleQuote = 2;
         int state = normal;
-        StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(to_process, "\\\"\' ", true);
+        StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(to_process, "\"\' ", true);
         Vector v = new Vector();
         StringBuffer current = new StringBuffer();
 
@@ -296,21 +296,6 @@ public class Commandline implements Cloneable {
                         v.addElement(current.toString());
                         current.setLength(0);
                     }
-                } else if ("\\".equals(nextTok)) {
-                    if (tok.hasMoreTokens()) {
-                        String escapedToken = tok.nextToken();
-                        char escapedChar = escapedToken.charAt(0);
-                        if (escapedChar == '\\' || escapedChar == '\'' ||
-                            escapedChar == '\"') {
-                            current.append(escapedToken);
-                        }
-                        else {
-                            current.append("\\" + escapedToken);
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        // just add the backslash
-                        current.append("\\");
-                    }
                 } else {
                     current.append(nextTok);
                 }
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/types/CommandlineTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/types/CommandlineTest.java
index e6ae7d3af..ff2119f7e 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/types/CommandlineTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/types/CommandlineTest.java
@@ -111,17 +111,14 @@ public class CommandlineTest extends TestCase {
         assertEquals("Single quotes stripped, double quote included", "2\"3",
                      s[1]);
 
-        s = Commandline.translateCommandline("1 2\\\'3 4");
-        assertEquals("Case with quoted single quote", 3, s.length);
-        assertEquals("single quote included", "2\'3", s[1]);
-
-        s = Commandline.translateCommandline("1 2\\\"3 4");
-        assertEquals("Case with quoted double quote", 3, s.length);
-        assertEquals("double quote included", "2\"3", s[1]);
+        // \ doesn't have a special meaning anymore - this is different from
+        // what the Unix sh does but causes a lot of problems on DOS
+        // based platforms otherwise
+        s = Commandline.translateCommandline("1 2\\ 3 4");
+        assertEquals("case with quotes whitespace", 4, s.length);
+        assertEquals("Single quotes stripped, double quote included", "2\\",
+                     s[1]);
 
-        s = Commandline.translateCommandline("1 2\\\\3 4");
-        assertEquals("Case with quoted backslash", 3, s.length);
-        assertEquals("backslash included", "2\\3", s[1]);
 
         // now to the expected failures
         
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/types/PathTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/types/PathTest.java
index b036f86b2..a3b28aada 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/types/PathTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/types/PathTest.java
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ public class PathTest extends TestCase {
         l = p.list();
         if (isUnixStyle) {
             assertEquals("no drives on Unix", 2, l.length);
-            assertEquals("c", l[0]);
+            assert("c resolved relative to project\'s basedir", 
+                   l[0].endsWith("/c"));
             assertEquals("/test", l[1]);
         } else {
             assertEquals("drives on DOS", 1, l.length);
@@ -135,7 +136,8 @@ public class PathTest extends TestCase {
         l = p.list();
         if (isUnixStyle) {
             assertEquals("no drives on Unix", 2, l.length);
-            assertEquals("c", l[0]);
+            assert("c resolved relative to project\'s basedir", 
+                   l[0].endsWith("/c"));
             assertEquals("/test", l[1]);
         } else {
             assertEquals("drives on DOS", 1, l.length);