Meaning of Slash Character
The slash character (/), depending on its position, is used in different meanings in a file URL.
- The // after the file: is part of the general syntax of hierarchical URLs. (The double slash // should always appear in a file URL according to the specification, but in practice many Web browsers allow you to omit it, in some cases at least.)
- The single slash between host and path is part of the syntax of file URLs.
- And the slashes in path separate directory names in a hierarchical system of directories and subdirectories. In this usage, the slash is a general, system-independent way of separating the parts, and in a particular host system it might be used as such in a pathname (as in Unix systems).
Read more about this topic: File URI Scheme
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