$ cat test\ cases/common/4\ shared/meson.build
project('library test', 'c')
lib = library('mylib', 'libfile.c', install : true)

C:\Users\User\source\meson>rmdir /s builddir
builddir, Are you sure (Y/N)? Y

C:\Users\User\source\meson>python3 C:/Users/User/source/meson/meson.py -Ddefault_library=static "test cases\common\4 shared" builddir
The Meson build system
Version: 0.46.0.dev1
Source dir: C:\Users\User\source\meson\test cases\common\4 shared
Build dir: C:\Users\User\source\meson\builddir
Build type: native build
Project name: library test
Native C compiler: cl (msvc 19.11.25507.1)
Build machine cpu family: x86_64
Build machine cpu: x86_64
Build targets in project: 1
Found ninja-1.8.2.git at 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Meson\ninja.EXE'

C:\Users\User\source\meson>ninja -C builddir
ninja: Entering directory `builddir'
[2/2] Linking target mylib.dll.
   Creating library mylib.lib and object mylib.exp

C:\Users\User\source\meson>dir builddir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 5651-4677

 Directory of C:\Users\User\source\meson\builddir

03/26/2018  03:27 PM    <DIR>          .
03/26/2018  03:27 PM    <DIR>          ..
03/26/2018  03:27 PM                64 .ninja_deps
03/26/2018  03:27 PM               129 .ninja_log
03/26/2018  03:27 PM             5,081 build.ninja
03/26/2018  03:27 PM               184 compile_commands.json
03/26/2018  03:27 PM    <DIR>          meson-logs
03/26/2018  03:27 PM    <DIR>          meson-private
03/26/2018  03:27 PM            56,320 mylib.dll
03/26/2018  03:27 PM               666 mylib.exp
03/26/2018  03:27 PM           379,152 mylib.ilk
03/26/2018  03:27 PM             1,672 mylib.lib
03/26/2018  03:27 PM           503,808 mylib.pdb
03/26/2018  03:27 PM    <DIR>          mylib@sha
               9 File(s)        947,076 bytes
               5 Dir(s)  70,589,988,864 bytes free

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