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Re: A UNIX directory/path question
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 17 Sep 1999 04:52:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jim Hughes writes:
> OK, here's one that I cant figure out but is probably elementary
> to you guys. I am working on my next Lego site and need to
> create a directory structure like;
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> ---technica
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> -header
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> -index
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> | 8800
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> If I am in the 8800 directory I know I can access the index directory
> (the parent) as ../filename but how could I access a file in the technica or
> in the header directory from 8800 without going foreward from root (since the
> relative location of the technica directory and all subdirectories could • easily
> change). Is this even possible?
In this situation, to access technica you would use:
../../filename
To access something in header you would useL
../../header/filename
you can use as many .. as you want - each time you use it, you go up one step
in the hieararchy.
- chris
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| OK, here's one that I cant figure out but is probably elementary to you guys. I am working on my next Lego site and need to create a directory structure like; ---technica | -header | -index | | | 8800 | | If I am in the 8800 directory I know I can (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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