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# init(fileURLWithFileSystemRepresentation:isDirectory:relativeTo:)

Initializes a URL object with a C string representing a local file system path.

```
init(fileURLWithFileSystemRepresentation path: UnsafePointer<CChar>, isDirectory isDir: Bool, relativeTo baseURL: URL?)
```

## Parameters

`path`

A null-terminated C string in file system representation containing the path to represent as a URL. If this path is a relative path, it is treated as being relative to the current working directory.

`isDir`

<doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> if the last path part is a directory, otherwise <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>.

`baseURL`

The base URL for the new URL object. This must be a file URL. If `path` is absolute, this URL is ignored.

## Return Value

Returns the initialized object.

## Discussion

The file system representation format is described in File Encodings and Fonts.

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