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Asked: 2026-05-10T15:29:59+00:00

How can I tell in JavaScript what path separator is used in the OS

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How can I tell in JavaScript what path separator is used in the OS where the script is running?

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  1. Afair you can always use / as a path separator, even on Windows.

    Quote from http://bytes.com/forum/thread23123.html:

    So, the situation can be summed up rather simply:

    • All DOS services since DOS 2.0 and all Windows APIs accept either forward slash or backslash. Always have.

    • None of the standard command shells (CMD or COMMAND) will accept forward slashes. Even the ‘cd ./tmp’ example given in a previous post fails.

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