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Relative-paths are URI or directory links to resources that refer to a location relative to the current path.

A relative path references a resource in relation to a current path or directory; its opposite is an absolute path. Web pages frequently make use of relative paths to refer to resources like images and scripts. The advantage of using a relative path is that it remains valid when the host name or root path changes.

As an example, consider a website located at the URL:

http://www.hostname.com/site/page.html

If the page wants to reference an image located at:

http://www.hostname.com/site/images/image.jpg

It could simply make reference to the relative path images/image.jpg.

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How to require PHP files relatively (at different directory levels)?

I have the following file structure: rootDIR dir1 subdir1 file0.php file1.php dir2 file2.php file3.php file4.php file1.php requires file3.php and file4.php from dir2 like this…
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How to Relocate Visual Studio project (.sln) file

I would like to move the Visual Studio solution (myProject.sln) file into a folder. The problem with doing this is that all the relative paths in the project will break, how can you relocate the project without updating all relative paths inside the…
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How do relative file paths work in Eclipse?

So my 2009 new years resolution is to learn Java. I recently acquired "Java for Dummies" and have been following along with the demo code in the book by re-writing it using Eclipse. Anyway, every example in the book that uses a relative path does…
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How does Java resolve a relative path in new File()?

I am trying to understand the way Java resolves relative path in while creating a File object. OS used: Windows For the below snippet, I am getting an IOException as it cannot find the path: @Test public void testPathConversion() { File f =…
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How to use a path relative to project root to H2 db-file configuration with Play Framework 2.4?

We're developing a Play 2.4 application (Java API). For dev purposes, we'd like to use a persistent H2 database with DB file path relative to the project root directory. In How to use a persistent H2 database in the Play Framework instead of…
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Slash (/) vs tilde slash (~/) in style sheet path

ASP.NET offers two ways to specify paths for style sheets: (this is working) (this is not working) How are these…
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Relative import from parent directory

How does one do a relative import from a parent directory? From meme/cmd/meme: import "../../../meme" This gives an ambiguous error: matt@stanley:~/gopath/src/bitbucket.org/anacrolix/meme/cmd/meme$ go get…
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How to use fstream objects with relative path?

Do I always have to specify absolute path for objects instantiated from std::fstream class? In other words, is there a way to specify just relative path to them such as project path?
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Getting relative path from absolute path in PHP

I noticed some similar questions about this problem when I typed the title, but they seem not be in PHP. So what's the solution to it with a PHP function? To be specified. $a="/home/apache/a/a.php"; $b="/home/root/b/b.php"; $relpath =…
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How to force an HTML link to be absolute?

In my website, users can put an URL in their profile. This URL can be http://www.google.com or www.google.com or google.com. If I just insert in my PHP code $url, the link is not always absolute. How can I force the a tag to be…
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PHP absolute path to root

I can't believe PHP doesn't have an easy solution for this simple matter. ASP.NET has a ~ sign that takes care of this issue and starts everything from the root level. Here's my problem: localhost/MySite -->Admin -- Edit.php -->Class …
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MVC Bundling and CSS relative URLs

MVC's bundling is returning the wrong URL in CSS images when using CssRewriteUrlTransform: I have an intranet application whose URL is, for example: http://usid01-srv002/MyApplication. It's in IIS's "Default Web Site". Which has the following in…
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Relative URLs and trailing slashes

I've looked around the web for this before, and I suspect the answer is "you can't", but since I've not yet found an answer which is that definitive, I think it's worth asking here. The closest I've found touching on the problem is The mystery of…
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Codeigniter - dynamically getting relative/absolute path outside of application folder

I am attempting to have a temporary cache folder of sorts just outside of and at the same level as the application folder. This is for storing images for a couple moments before moving them off-site. I am trying to get a user's Facebook profile…
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Ruby: How to calculate a path relative to another one?

Let's say I know the absolute path that I am starting from and the absolute path that I am trying to get to: first = '/first/path' second = '/second/path' Now I want to figure out how to construct a path that is relative to the first. For…
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