PERL Miscellaneous - Absolute and relative path

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Absolute and relative path

Bengan

2004-03-31, 1:38 am

Newbie question:
Please expalin the difference between absolute and relative path.

Regards Berrna

Jacob Heider

2004-03-31, 1:38 am

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:26:46 +0200, Bengan wrote:

> Newbie question:
> Please expalin the difference between absolute and relative path.
>
> Regards Berrna

Absolute path starts with the character '/'. It is relative to the root
directory (or root of a drive under Windows). Relative paths start with
any other character. They are relative to the current working directory.

HTH
Jacob

P.S. Was this about Perl?

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