code: private String sanitize(String path) {
          String sanitized = path.replaceAll( "\\\\", "/" );
          
          if ( sanitized.matches( "^[a-z]:.*" ) ) {
              sanitized = sanitized.substring(0,1).toUpperCase() + sanitized.substring(1);
          }
          return sanitized;
      }
docs: TODO from rspec mojo - factor out to common!