What does the file system path consist of?

The file system path consists of the following parts:

• Disk drive
• One or more folders (also called as directories)
• File name with file extension

As an example, see the following path:

c:\users\john.doe\Download\my-document.txt

• c: is the disk drive
• users is the directory
• john.doe is the subdirectory that is stored in the parent directory users
• Download is the subdirectory that is stored in the parent directory john.doe
• my-document.txt is the full file that is stored in the directory Download
• my-document is the file name
• txt is the file extension (the . (dot) character is used as a delimiter between the file name and the file extension)

Note that the directories (folders) are delimited by the \ (backslash) character.