Path.DirectorySeparatorChar Field
Provides a platform-specific character used to separate directory levels in a path string that reflects a hierarchical file system organization.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The character stored in this field cannot be in InvalidPathChars. AltDirectorySeparatorChar and DirectorySeparatorChar are both valid for separating directory levels in a path string.
The value of this field is a slash ("/") on UNIX, and a backslash ("\") on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
The following code example demonstrates the use of the DirectorySeparatorChar field.
Console.WriteLine("Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar={0}", Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar); Console.WriteLine("Path.DirectorySeparatorChar={0}", Path.DirectorySeparatorChar); Console.WriteLine("Path.PathSeparator={0}", Path.PathSeparator); Console.WriteLine("Path.VolumeSeparatorChar={0}", Path.VolumeSeparatorChar); Console.Write("Path.GetInvalidPathChars()="); foreach (char c in Path.GetInvalidPathChars()) Console.Write(c); Console.WriteLine(); // This code produces output similar to the following: // Note that the InvalidPathCharacters contain characters // outside of the printable character set. // // Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar=/ // Path.DirectorySeparatorChar=\ // Path.PathSeparator=; // Path.VolumeSeparatorChar=:
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
