Path

Path

The location of a file on a file system; describes where the file resides in a directory structure. An absolute path is the direct location of a file in the directory structure, starting at the root directory.

A relative path is the location of a file relative to the current working directory.

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Industry/Domain: Software
Category: Operating systems
Company: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
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