# libtmux::path_component

- **Module:** libtmux
- **Package:** libtmux-cxx
- **Language:** C++
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-cxx/blob/393d4b0ad666f18a6581f1eb281741a75a7503f0/include/libtmux/target.hpp#L51
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-path_component/

```
libtmux::path_component(name: std::string_view) -> expected< std::string, TargetError >
```

Validate one path component.

Ids skip validation because they contain no separator by construction.