Provides a platform-specific volume separator character.

[Visual Basic]
Public Shared ReadOnly VolumeSeparatorChar As Char
[C#]
public static readonly char VolumeSeparatorChar;
[C++]
public: static __wchar_t VolumeSeparatorChar;
[JScript]
public static var VolumeSeparatorChar : Char;

Remarks

The value of this field is a colon (':') on Windows and Macintosh, and a slash ('/') on Unix operating systems. This is most useful for parsing paths such as "c:\windows" or "MacVolume:System Folder".

Example

[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following example demonstrates the use of the VolumeSeparatorChar field.

[Visual Basic] 
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.InvalidPathChars=")
Dim c As Char
For Each c In Path.InvalidPathChars
    Console.Write(c)
Next c
Console.WriteLine()

[C#] 
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.InvalidPathChars=");
foreach (char c in Path.InvalidPathChars)
    Console.Write(c);
Console.WriteLine();

[C++] 
Console::WriteLine(S"Path::AltDirectorySeparatorChar={0}", 
   (Path::AltDirectorySeparatorChar).ToString());
Console::WriteLine(S"Path::DirectorySeparatorChar={0}", 
   (Path::DirectorySeparatorChar).ToString());
Console::WriteLine(S"Path::PathSeparator={0}", 
   (Path::PathSeparator).ToString());
Console::WriteLine(S"Path::VolumeSeparatorChar={0}", 
   (Path::VolumeSeparatorChar).ToString());

Console::Write(S"Path::InvalidPathChars=");
for (int i = 0; i < Path::InvalidPathChars->Length; i++)
   Console::Write( Path::InvalidPathChars[i]);
Console::WriteLine();

[JScript] No example is available for JScript. To view a Visual Basic, C#, or C++ example, click the Language Filter button in the upper-left corner of the page.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework

See Also

Path Class | Path Members | System.IO Namespace | Working with I/O | Reading Text from a File | Writing Text to a File