Predefined Host Substitution Shorthands

You can use these predefined host substitution shorthands anywhere that a host substitution reference can be used:

• :[/] – Expands to the operating system-specific file separator, which is based on the root physical host of the current target host

  • UNIX systems – :[/] expands to /

  • Microsoft Windows systems – :[/] expands to \

• :[:] – Expands to the operating system-specific path separator, which is based on the root physical host of the current target host

  • UNIX systems – :[:] expands to :

  • Microsoft Windows systems – :[:] expands to ;