PathCombine
PathCombine is a programming utility used to join multiple parts of a filesystem path into a single, valid path. It is implemented in various forms across platforms and languages to simplify path construction and improve portability. Notable implementations include the Windows API function PathCombine from Shlwapi and high-level libraries such as .NET’s System.IO.Path.Combine.
The primary purpose of PathCombine is to concatenate path segments while applying the correct directory separators
Common usage involves building file or resource paths relative to a base directory, ensuring that the resulting
Limitations and distinctions should be noted: PathCombine typically focuses on proper separators and basic concatenation, not
See also: Path.Combine, Path.Join, path joining in various languages, path normalization.