In a relative path, what’s the difference between ~/directory/subdirectory and ./directory/subdirectory?
In a relative path, what’s the difference between ~/directory/subdirectory and ./directory/subdirectory ?
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In a relative path, what’s the difference between ~/directory/subdirectory and ./directory/subdirectory?
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/subdirectoryrefers tosubdirectoryfolder insidedirectoryfolder, inside your home folder../directory/subdirectoryrefers tosubdirectoryfolder insidedirectoryfolder, inside current execution folder.