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use std::path::*;

fn main() {
    // Create a path from a string slice
    let p1 = Path::new("foo.txt");
    // Create an owned PathBuf from a string slice
    let p2: PathBuf = "foo.txt".into(); //or PathBuf::from("foo.txt")
                                        // ...or from a Path
    let p3 = p1.to_owned(); //or p1.to_path_buf()
                            // Getting a Path from a PathBuf
    let p4 = p3.as_path();

// Getting the string slice back from a path
    let str_slice = p1.to_str(); //Might fail if the Path contains invalid Unicode characters, which is valid for some operating systems

// Building paths from separate components
    let p5 = Path::new("/usr").join("bin").join("foo.txt");
    assert_eq!(p5.as_path(), Path::new("/usr/bin/foo.txt"));

// Building paths from separate components using PathBuf
    let mut p6 = PathBuf::from("/usr");
    p6.push("bin");
    p6.push("foo.txt");
    assert_eq!(p6, p5);

// But beware: PathBuf::push behaves a bit weird if you add a path separator
    p6.push("/bin");
    assert_eq!(p6.as_path(), Path::new("/bin")); //NOT /usr/bin/foo.txt/bin !!
}