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Path.VolumeSeparatorChar Field

Provides a platform-specific volume separator character.

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public static readonly char VolumeSeparatorChar

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".

The following code example demonstrates the use of the VolumeSeparatorChar 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=:

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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.

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