simple relative path question

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In a relative path, what's the difference between ~/directory/subdirectory and ./directory/subdirectory?

Does ~/ work in Windows? Are you using Cygwin? (not mentioning the /...) — Déjà vu
– Déjà vu, Commented Sep 1, 2010 at 15:25
@ring0 IIRC, I think some (most?) path-related Java libraries allow you to use forward slashes for paths on both Linux/Windows - the libraries convert them for you using File.seperator. IIRC, that is. — Stephen
– Stephen, Commented Sep 1, 2010 at 15:27
~ doesnot work in Windows, it must be Unix/Linux or some Unix/Linux simulator environment. And how is this related to Java. You should change the tags to Unix rather than java. — Amit
– Amit, Commented Sep 1, 2010 at 15:32

aularon · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-01 15:23:48Z

In Linux, ~ is your home directory, while . is the current directory, so those pathes are the same when you are in your home directory (since . is ~), but not in other cases.

~/directory/subdirectory refers to subdirectory folder inside directory folder, inside your home folder.

./directory/subdirectory refers to subdirectory folder inside directory folder, inside current execution folder.

Amit · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-01 15:30:12Z

~/directory/subdirectory for any particular user, is an absolute path instead. It referes to "directory/subdirectory" inside the user's home directory.

./directory/subdirectory is a relative path. It referes to "directory/subdirectory" inside the current directory (output of pwd command).

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