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<title id="tit">GetPathSeparator function</title>
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<bookmark_value>GetPathSeparator function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" level="1" id="N0002"><variable id="getpathseparator01"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/GetPathSeparator.xhp">GetPathSeparator Function</link></variable></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="N0003">Returns the operating system-dependent directory separator used to specify file paths.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id481542894937950" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">String</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="N0007" localize="false">"\" Windows</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="N0008">"/" UNIX, including MacOS</paragraph>
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None.
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<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="N0015"> MsgBox GetPathSeparator()</paragraph>
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It is recommended to use:
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<link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120313.xhp">ConvertFromURL</link> function to convert a file URL to a system file name.
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<link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120312.xhp">ConvertToURL</link> function to convert a system file name to a file URL.
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See also <link href="text/sbasic/shared/00000002.xhp">URL Notation</link>
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