The separator separatorChar or separator (in string form) is defined on a file-system-specific basis. Normally this separator is used to separate different name parts within a path name.
Special features of the DMS file system
The DMS file system knows no separators in this sense. Consequently the null character is used for separatorChar and an empty string for separator. However, this calls for care when it is used because the null character is a defined character within character strings.
The separator pathSeparatorChar or pathSeparator (in string form) is also defined on a filesystem-specific basis. This separator is used in order to separate the individual path names from one another when path name lists are specified.
Special features of the DMS file system
The separator for path name lists is the comma “ , ”.
Unlike in java.io.File, the separators are not static fields as several file systems are supported here. During instantiation of a RecordFile object the separators are initialized by the underlying file system.