Why are there 3 config file slashes?

[actionabledata]

All, I am relatively new to Splunk and trying to understand some basics along the way.

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.2/Data/Setadefaulthostforaninput

From the Splunk online info, I see the "Example of static host value assignment" ...

This example covers any events coming in from /var/log/httpd

[monitor:///var/log/httpd]
host = webhead-1

Why are there 3 slashes? I understand that the first slash in /var needs to be escaped, but why the 2nd slash?

Sorry for the simple question, but it keeps bugging me.

[to4kawa · Accepted solution]

see:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/admin/Inputsconf#MONITOR:

[monitor://<path>]

[actionabledata]

My conclusion thus far is that 2 of the slashes are simply the format required for inputs.conf and the 3rd slash is to indicate the path is starting at root for the absolute address path