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.TH PMPATHSEPARATOR 3 "PCP" "Performance Co-Pilot"
.SH NAME
\f3pmPathSeparator\f1 \- return the filesystem path separator character
.SH "C SYNOPSIS"
.ft 3
#include <pcp/pmapi.h>
.sp
int pmPathSeparator(void);
.sp
cc ... \-lpcp
.ft 1
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pmPathSeparator
is a convenience method that returns ``/'' in  the civilized world.
For Windows platforms you may get ``/'' or ``\e'' depending on the
run-time environment.
.PP
The most common use scenario is to use
.B pmPathSeparator
to construct the full pathname for a file
from a known directory name and a relative
file name.