[EMAIL PROTECTED] told me on 02/13/2008 10:34 AM: > I've been going over some listings and I found code > > like the following: > > > > "./directory/file.txt" and > > "../directory/file.txt" > > > > but I've never seen the "./" and "../" things at the > > beginning of the path. I've tried to google these > > but had no luck. I've googled "file specification" and > > "directory specification" and got a lot of hits on stuff > > but nothing on what those symbols mean. So, I thought > > I'd ask here....so if you wouldn't mind explaining what > > they are to a newbie I'd appreciate it very much. Thank > > you. > >
"./" refers to the directory you are in. "../" refers to the parent to the directory you are in, or the one right above you. Assume you are in /home/rcopits and you had several directories, this that, other. The full paths would be /home/rcopits/this /home/rcopits/that /home/rcopits/other If you were in the 'other' directory and you wanted to run a script you just wrote, you could use "./script.sh" instead of "/home/rcopits/other/script.sh" If you wanted to run a script in "this" directory without moving, you could use "../this/script2.sh" instead of having to type "/home/rcopits/this/script2.sh" I hope that makes sense. Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
