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# CFURLPathStyle

Options you can use to determine how CFURL functions parse a file system path name.

```
enum CFURLPathStyle
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`CFURLPathStyle.cfurlposixPathStyle`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFURLPathStyle/cfurlposixPathStyle)

Indicates a POSIX style path name. Components are slash delimited. A leading slash indicates an absolute path; a trailing slash is not significant.

[`CFURLPathStyle.cfurlhfsPathStyle`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFURLPathStyle/cfurlhfsPathStyle)

Indicates a HFS style path name. Components are colon delimited. A leading colon indicates a relative path, otherwise the first path component denotes the volume.

[`CFURLPathStyle.cfurlWindowsPathStyle`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFURLPathStyle/cfurlWindowsPathStyle)

Indicates a Windows style path name.


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