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HTML HTML Basics Going Further with HTML Root-relative Paths

Stheven Cabral
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What is a directory and how do you navigate in and out of one?

What is a directory and how do you navigate in and out of one in the command prompt?

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Jamie Reardon
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To expand on Steven parker's answer:

  • ".." represents the parent directory.
  • "." represents the current directory.

To move out of the current directory and into the parent directory you would use: cd ..

To move into a subdirectory that's within the current directory you would use: cd NAMEOFFOLDER

Replace "NAMEOFFOLDER" with the folder name you want to change into.

Steven Parker
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:warning: To move to a subdirectory of the current one, you do not type a slash ("/") before the name. The slash creates an absolute path based on the file system's root.

Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
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If you know what a "folder" is on other operating systems .. well, "directory" is just another name for the same thing. It's a way to group files together on the storage device.

From the command line, you can change your current directory with the "cd" command. Just put the name of the directory you want to move to after the command.