### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore
Index: src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/dstore/files/DStoreFileService.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/dsdp/org.eclipse.tm.rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/dstore/files/DStoreFileService.java,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.12 DStoreFileService.java
--- src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/dstore/files/DStoreFileService.java	11 Jun 2007 13:56:39 -0000	1.12
+++ src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/dstore/files/DStoreFileService.java	8 Jul 2007 19:57:19 -0000
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - [186128] Move IProgressMonitor last in all API
  * Xuan Chen        (IBM)        - [189681] [dstore][linux] Refresh Folder in My Home messes up Refresh in Root
  * Kushal Munir (IBM) - [189352] Replace with appropriate line end character on upload
- * David McKnight   (IBM)        - [190803] Canceling a long-running dstore job prints "InterruptedException" to stdout 
+ * David McKnight   (IBM)        - [190803] Canceling a long-running dstore job prints "InterruptedException" to stdout
+ * Xuan Chen        (IBM)        - [190824] Incorrect result for DStore#getSeparator() function when parent is "/"  
  ********************************************************************************/
 
 package org.eclipse.rse.internal.services.dstore.files;
@@ -786,7 +787,21 @@
 	 */
 	protected String getSeparator(String parentPath)
 	{
-		if (parentPath == null || parentPath.length() < 2) return "/"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+		if (parentPath == null || parentPath.length() < 1) return "/"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+		if (parentPath.length() == 1) 
+		{
+			//deal with the case where parentPath has only one character here 
+			//since the code below assumes parentPath has at least two characters.
+			if (parentPath.charAt(0) == '/')
+			{
+				return "";  //$NON-NLS-1$
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				//If only one character, but not '/', just return "/" as default.  But this should not happen.  
+				return "/"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+			}
+		}
 		if (parentPath.endsWith(ArchiveHandlerManager.VIRTUAL_SEPARATOR))
 			return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
 		if (parentPath.endsWith(ArchiveHandlerManager.VIRTUAL_CANONICAL_SEPARATOR))