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# init(platformString:)

Creates a file path by copying bytes from a null-terminated platform
string.

```
init(platformString: [CInterop.PlatformChar])
```

## Parameters

`platformString`

A null-terminated platform string.

## Discussion

- Note It is a precondition that `platformString` must be null-terminated.
  The absence of a null byte will trigger a runtime error.

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