What is a relative pathname?
To refer to a file in a subdirectory of the current working directory,
use the name of the subdirectory followed by a slash (/) and the name
of the file. For example, to display a file called
in a subdirectory called
red that is located in the
% cat red/rain
To refer to a file in the parent directory of the current
directory, use "
../" followed by the name of the
file. For example, the pathname "
../rowr" would refer to
a file named
rowr in the parent of the
current working directory. Pathname "
refer to a file named
b in the directory two levels
Here is the general procedure for forming a relative pathname:
../" for each level you have to move up the file tree until you reach a directory that is above the target.
John Shipman, email@example.com
Last updated: 1995/12/04 19:39:34 UT