What is an absolute path, a relative path and what is the difference between them?
Experience Level: Junior
Tags: File System
Answer
Absolute path
The absolute path is the full path that starts with drive (c:, d: or other letter:)
Example: c:\users\john.doe\Download\my-file.txt
Relative path
The relative is a partial path that is relative to some other directory.
- The relative path starts with the \ (backslash) character, with the directory or with the file name.
- The relative path can contain multiple directories with file name, file name only, or one or more directories or one or more directories with file name
Examples:
- \users - this is the relative path to the directory users that will be searched for in the root directory
- john.doe\Download - this is the relative path to the directory Download that is stored in the directory john.doe that will be searched for in the current directory
- Download - this is the relative path to the directory Download that will be searched for in the current directory
- Download\my-file.txt - this is the relative path to the file my-file.txt that is stored in the directory Download that will be searched for in the current directory
- my-file.txt - this is the relative path to the file my-file.txt that will be searched for in the current directory
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