(...) Caveat lector, although '..' works great 99.9% of the time, be careful in the presence of symbolic links! --Todd (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
Todd Lehman: (...) This warning is only appropriate when you are working directly with a Unix file system. In URL's "../" always refers to the URL you get by cutting from the end of the current URL until you have removed two "/", and then adding one (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)