# std::experimental::filesystem::path::append, std::experimental::filesystem::path::operator/=

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path& operator/=(const path& p); | (1) | (filesystem TS)
template< class Source > path& operator/=( const Source& source ); | (2) | (filesystem TS)
template< class Source > path& append( const Source& source ); | (3) | (filesystem TS)
template< class InputIt > path& append( InputIt first, InputIt last ); | (4) | (filesystem TS)

1) First, appends the preferred directory separator to this, except if any of the following conditions is true:
* the separator would be redundant (*this already ends with a separator)
* *this is empty, or adding it would turn a relative path to an absolute path in some other way
* `p` is an empty path.
* p.native() begins with a directory separator.
Then, appends p.native() to the pathname maintained by *this
2,3) Same as (1), but accepts any std::basic_string, null-terminated multicharacter string, or an input iterator pointing to a null-terminated multicharacter sequence.
4) Same as (1), but accepts any iterator pair that designates a multicharacter string.

### Parameters

p | - | pathname to append
source | - | std::basic_string, null-terminated multicharacter string, or an input iterator pointing to a null-terminated multicharacter sequence, which represents a path name (either in portable or in native format)
first, last | - | pair of LegacyInputIterators that specify a multicharacter sequence that represents a path name
Type requirements
- `InputIt` must meet the requirements of LegacyInputIterator.
- The value type of `InputIt` must be one of the encoded character types (char, wchar_t, char16_t and char32_t)

### Return value

*this

### Exceptions

May throw `filesystem_error` on underlying OS API errors or std::bad_alloc if memory allocation fails.

### Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <experimental/filesystem>
    namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
    int main() {
        fs::path p1 = "C:";
        p1 /= "Users"; // does not insert a separator
                       // "C:Users" is a relative path in Windows
                       // adding directory separator would turn it to an absolute path
        std::cout << "\"C:\" / \"Users\" == " << p1 << '\n';
        p1 /= "batman"; // inserts fs::path::preferred_separator, '\' on Windows
        std::cout << "\"C:\" / \"Users\" / \"batman\" == " << p1 << '\n';
    }

Possible output:

    "C:" / "Users" == "C:Users"
    "C:" / "Users" / "batman" == "C:Users\batman"

### See also

concat operator+= | concatenates two paths without introducing a directory separator (public member function)
operator/ | concatenates two paths with a directory separator (function)

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