Alan, didn't you get this post: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2009-November/003214.html ? Am 12.11.2009 11:35, Alan Bateman schrieb: > It's also worth pointing out that FileSystem already defines a > getSeparator method. Oops, I've overseen this too, but wondering that getPathSeparator is missing there. -Ulf