Windows File Path
technology.filesystem.windows_pathsince finetype v0.6.36An absolute Microsoft Windows filesystem path: a drive letter and colon (C:\, D:\) or a UNC share root (\\server\share) followed by backslash-separated segments. Distinct from URLs (no scheme) and POSIX paths (forward-slash rooted).
What finetype makes of Windows File Path
Cast and decomposition computed at build by DuckDB 1.5.5 on finetype 0.6.60 from the registry's samples.
| Value | As VARCHAR | drive | filename |
|---|---|---|---|
| C:\Windows\System32\drivers\WdfLdr.sys | C:\Windows\System32\drivers\WdfLdr.sys | C: | WdfLdr.sys |
| D:\research\repos\project\src\Main.cs | D:\research\repos\project\src\Main.cs | D: | Main.cs |
| \\server\share\reports\q3.xlsx | \\server\share\reports\q3.xlsx | q3.xlsx |
stringShape
Length at least 3 characters.
^([A-Za-z]:\\|\\\\)[^\r\n]*$| Value | Length | Shape |
|---|---|---|
| C:\Windows\System32\drivers\WdfLdr.sys | 38 | matches |
| D:\research\repos\project\src\Main.cs | 37 | matches |
| \\server\share\reports\q3.xlsx | 30 | matches |
| C.\Windows\System32\drivers\WdfLdr.sys | 38 | rejected: separator swapped |
Told apart
None of the 1 other filesystem types accepts every one of these samples.
POSIX-path sibling deferred (below volume bar + URL-route ambiguity).
Detection notes
New in v0.6.36 (spec 2026-06-19-plain-text-type-discovery). Highest volume x nameability type hiding behind representation.text.plain_text: 7,651 distinct corpus datasets, blind-panel confidence 0.97 (unanimous). Pattern fires on <1.2% of multi-word prose. POSIX-path sibling deferred (below volume bar + URL-route ambiguity).
Use it
$ finetype infer -i "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\WdfLdr.sys" --mode column
→ technology.filesystem.windows_path
SELECT ft_infer('C:\Windows\System32\drivers\WdfLdr.sys');
-- → 'technology.filesystem.windows_path'CAST({col} AS VARCHAR)Schema
https://meridian.online/schemas/technology.filesystem.windows_path — JSON Schema 2020-12, also from finetype taxonomy technology.filesystem.windows_path -o json-schema. Frictionless type string.