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ToFileName

ToFileName["directory", "name"]
assembles a full file name from a directory name and a file name.

ToFileName[{dir₁, dir₂, ...}, name]
assembles a full file name from a hierarchy of directory names.

ToFileName[{dir₁, dir₂, ...}]
assembles a single directory name from a hierarchy of directory names.

ToFileName just creates a file name; it does not actually search for the file specified.

ToFileName uses the current setting for $PathnameSeparator to separate elements of the file name.

Provide operating system dependent file name: