private String scrubPath(String fsPath){
  if (fsPath.charAt(0) == '/') {
    return fsPath.substring(1);
  }
  return fsPath;
}

private String scrubPath ( String fsPath ) { if ( fsPath . charAt ( 0 ) == '/' ) { return fsPath . substring ( 1 ) ; } return fsPath ; }
remove leading slash ( if it exists ) to use as relative path ( with a base uri )
