What's the weirdest filesystem out there?

Asking here, because I can't think of a more appropriate place...


Background:

I'm working on code which needs to break the pathname in a Java File
object into its component parts:

1. An optional filesystem identifier (such as a drive letter).
2. An optional root directory.
3. Zero or more subdirectories.
4. An optional filename.

Depending on the platform and filesystem, 1 and 2 may or may not be
separable.


Question:

Is there any platform out there that uses something than its directory
separator to signify a root directory? (To put it another way, what's
the weirdest hierarchical filesystem out there?)

TIA

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