Re: [MacPerl] Q: last ":" in a file path

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

Xah Lee <xah@best.com> writes:
>What's the pro and con of having a ":" in the end of a path?

 - The ":" at the end is required for volume names, i.e., the top level
   directory of volumes.
 - For path name concatenation, it is advantageous if all folder names
   end the same, top level or not.
 - Thus, it is advantageous to have all directory names end in ":".

Matthias

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