pathname separator
<file system> 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.
(1996-11-21)
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