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naman tiwari
773 Pointswhat is absolute path?
i didn't understand about absolute path and relative path.
2 Answers
Nathan Tallack
22,159 PointsAn absolute path is a path that is the same regardless of what your current working path is and regardless of who you are.
Consider the following three paths. All could point to the same path in the right circumstances.
- /home/john/data
- ~/data
- ./data
The first would be the same no matter where you are and who you are. This is an absolute path.
The second would point to that same path as the first if you were logged in as the user john and your home directory was /home/john (the ~ is a shortcut for your home directory).
The second would point to that same path if your current working directory (the one your shell is in, often shown in your shell prompt before the #) was /home/john
I hope this helps clear it up. :)
Geraldine Tanaka Munyoro
5,170 Pointsin general its a line that consist of all the information required to locate a file or directory in a system