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I know that XP accepts many file path naming conventions other than a full
absolute file path such as "C:\program files\microsoft
office\documents\file.doc", and etc. I have seen a variety of shorthand
methods for naming file paths and some that appear to be relative file paths
that reference a child folder, or parent folder, or perhaps no folder at all
if the file being referenced is in the same folder as the application that
uses it. This would seem to be an absolute necessity, for the sake of
portability from one machine to another, where a file that references or is
referenced by another file may be located somewhere other than in its
original location. Some of the formats I have seen are things like
"\\localhost\foldername", "...\filename", or "\\foldername\\filename" and
etc.
Where can I find detailed information such as formats, purpose, when to use
which one, foward slash or back slash, single slash or double slash, and the
like regarding path naming conventions?
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2dogs in Oregon USA
I know that XP accepts many file path naming conventions other than a full
absolute file path such as "C:\program files\microsoft
office\documents\file.doc", and etc. I have seen a variety of shorthand
methods for naming file paths and some that appear to be relative file paths
that reference a child folder, or parent folder, or perhaps no folder at all
if the file being referenced is in the same folder as the application that
uses it. This would seem to be an absolute necessity, for the sake of
portability from one machine to another, where a file that references or is
referenced by another file may be located somewhere other than in its
original location. Some of the formats I have seen are things like
"\\localhost\foldername", "...\filename", or "\\foldername\\filename" and
etc.
Where can I find detailed information such as formats, purpose, when to use
which one, foward slash or back slash, single slash or double slash, and the
like regarding path naming conventions?
--
2dogs in Oregon USA