pathname separator
The character used to separate elements of a path or pathname. Under Unix and POSIX.1 compliant systems the pathname separator is the (forward) slash, in MS-DOS backslash serves the same purpose. For obvious reasons the no directory or file name can contain this character.
Last updated: 1996-11-21
Nearby terms:
path coverage testing ♦ pathname ♦ pathname separator ♦ pathological ♦ Path Pascal
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