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function fromFileUrl
import { fromFileUrl } from "https://deno.land/std@0.217.0/path/from_file_url.ts";

Converts a file URL to a path string.

import { fromFileUrl } from "https://deno.land/std@0.217.0/path/from_file_url.ts";

// posix
fromFileUrl("file:///home/foo"); // "/home/foo"

// win32
fromFileUrl("file:///home/foo"); // "\\home\\foo"
fromFileUrl("file:///C:/Users/foo"); // "C:\\Users\\foo"
fromFileUrl("file://localhost/home/foo"); // "\\\\localhost\\home\\foo"

Parameters

url: string | URL

of a file URL

Returns

string