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Daniel Oropeza
Daniel Oropeza
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Posted by Daniel Oropeza
Daniel Oropeza
4,432 Points

What does this file path mean?

So I know that the "../" filepath means go back one directory.

In the config.rb file for a wordpress project I'm working on it says this.

css_dir = "../css"

sass_dir = "./"

My question is, what does "./" refer to? Does it mean to go back one directory as well? I'm sorry if this is a really simple question.

2 Answers

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

the difference is ./ means the current folder in the command line where ../ means one above the current folder.

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

dot slash (./) refers to the current working directory. It is different than dot dot slash (../)