Slashes in paths

Subject: Slashes in paths
From: Karen Felker <akaren -at- earthlink -dot- net>
To: Tech Writers <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:56:26 -0700

Is there any prescribed way to use slashes at the end of a path?
For example, if I want to tell users to place a file inside the bin directory, which treatment of slashes is preferred:

Save install.exe in <install dir>/bin/
Save install.exe in <install dir>/bin

Karen

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