+#ifdef __UNIX__
+ // simple implementation for unix/linux; just tell the truth about the real root.
+ static_root_holder() = astring("/");
+ return static_root_holder();
+#endif
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+ /*
+ use the path in our system helpers header, which should have been set during the
+ build process if this is really windows.
+ */
+ astring virtual_root = FEISTY_MEOW_VIRTUAL_UNIX_ROOT;
+ if (!virtual_root) {
+ // if it has no length, we didn't get our setting! we'll limp along with a guess.
+ return DEFAULT_VIRTUAL_UNIX_ROOT();
+ } else {
+ static_root_holder() = virtual_root;
+ return static_root_holder();
+ }
+
+#endif