Should a directory path variable end with a trailing slash?

Question

When defining a path to a directory as a variable or constant, should it end with a trailing slash? What is the convention?

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Answer 1

I've never seen a firm convention either way.

Pretty sure, though, that whatever you settle upon, someone else will be 100% sure it should be the other way. So, the best idea is to tolerate things being set either way.

In the .NET world, Path.Combine() gives you a way to handle this - there are equivalents in other environments, from cmd files on up.