AI engineering glossary · Command line Git
What is relative path?
Relative path: A file location described starting from the current folder instead of the top of the filesystem. The name .. means the parent folder and . means the current one. Relative paths keep projects portable but break if you run a script from an unexpected folder.
Relative path: an example
From /home/asha/project, ../notes.txt refers to /home/asha/notes.txt.
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Where you learn it
Relative path is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.