absolute and relative file paths (1 Viewer)

[jenni86]

Does anyone know what that is under intergrate commercial computing packages???

 

[puffkenny]

dis is wat i've got for it
absolute file path:
includes the full path name to a file
relative file path:
shows how to move from the current location to find the document

does this mean anything to you?

 

[Glide]

just off the top of my head
absolute = c:\software\blah.exe
relative = \blah.exe

 

[jenni86]

Thanks I get it now

 

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"\blah.exe"


is the .exe the extension?

 

[Glide]

yes exe is the extension

 

[hurrotisrobbo]

Glide: Drop the backslash from the relative path.

Have either: .\blah.exe or blah.exe , not halfway.

 

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so its only blah.exe as a relative path

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by ...
so its only blah.exe as a relative path

a better example

when coding in html say your linking a image for a button


\image\picture2.gif

that's a relative path.

 

[Glide]

Originally posted by hurrotisrobbo
Glide: Drop the backslash from the relative path.

Have either: .\blah.exe or blah.exe , not halfway.

no..

.\ means it'll drop down a directory (from c:\software\1\blah.exe to c:\software\blah.exe")
\ means it'll use the current or default directory (c:\software\blah.exe)
..\ means it'll go right to the bottom of the directory (c:\)

 

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holy lord..

i'm outta here

 

[puffkenny]

this is so confusing...
can some one find a proper definition and a good example please?

 

[Glide]

lol, wierd it depends on where you use it..

 

[Amish]

Absolute Path gives the whole path to where the file can be found on the hard drive
e.g. C:\hello\world\program.exe

Relative Path is where the file you want is found in comparison to the program that is wanting it
e.g. a html file in C:\hello\world\index.html wants to execute that program.exe so instead of stating the whole path (the absolute path) he just writes in \program.exe meaning the file needed is in the same directory as the html file.

Owe and everything Glide said was right