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Path (computing)

A path (or filepath, file path, pathname, or similar) is a string that uniquely identifies an item in a hierarchical file system. Generally, a path is composed of directory names, special format specifiers, and optionally a filename, all separated by delimiters. This delimiter can vary by operating system, but popular, modern systems use the slash /…

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MulticsUnixMS-DOSSwitchWindows
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In Unix

POSIXScpRcpRsyncSmb
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In DOS and Windows

Windows APIWin9xWebDAVEscape sequencesRegular expressions
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StringHierarchical file systemFilenameDelimitersSlash
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In programming languages

  • Java Java (programming language)
  • Python Python (programming language)

In Unix

In DOS and Windows

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Path (computing)

Nodes47
Edges46
Triples0
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.042553
Components1

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path file windows directory systems system unc use paths components unix also macos backslash relative slash unix-like using used syntax

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