Previous Level FilePath

[Larry R Harrison Jr]

If I have files in a folder and I need it to refer to a link in the PREVIOUS
folder, how do I have it do that?

I have been trying for HOURS--yes, HOURS--to figure this out, look for a
reference on the Internet. I am totally stuck.

So if I am in the photo_pages/files and I need it to "back up" to
photo_pages (NOT under "files") and refer to a file there, what would the
path look like?

 

[lostinspace]

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From: "Larry R Harrison Jr" <>
Newsgroups: alt.html
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 11:26 AM
Subject: Previous Level FilePath

If I have files in a folder and I need it to refer to a link in the
PREVIOUS
folder, how do I have it do that?

I have been trying for HOURS--yes, HOURS--to figure this out, look for a
reference on the Internet. I am totally stuck.

So if I am in the photo_pages/files and I need it to "back up" to
photo_pages (NOT under "files") and refer to a file there, what would the
path look like?

"../photo_pages/index.html" (without parenthenses)

 

[SpaceGirl]

If I have files in a folder and I need it to refer to a link in the PREVIOUS
folder, how do I have it do that?

I have been trying for HOURS--yes, HOURS--to figure this out, look for a
reference on the Internet. I am totally stuck.

So if I am in the photo_pages/files and I need it to "back up" to
photo_pages (NOT under "files") and refer to a file there, what would the
path look like?

.../myfile

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[SpaceGirl]

../myfile

or rather ../myfile.htm

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[Sam Hughes]

"../photo_pages/index.html" (without parenthenses)

You used quotation marks, not parentheses

When pointing to a index.html file, it is usually prettier to leave it
out, with "../photo_pages/".

 

[Art Sackett]

If I have files in a folder and I need it to refer to a link in the PREVIOUS
folder, how do I have it do that?

Assuming a unixish file system or an emulation of one:

The current directory is referred to as ./ but is optional.

The parent directory, one level "up" the hierarchy, is ../

The parent of the parent directory is ../../

See the trend? The parent directory three levels up is ../../../

So, to hit the file index.html in the directory two levels up from the
current directory: ../../index.html (or maybe just ../../ if, as is
true in most cases, index.html is considered the default index
document.)

 

[Toby Inkster]

When pointing to a index.html file, it is usually prettier to leave it
out, with "../photo_pages/".

Though "../photo_pages/" and "../photo_pages/index.html" might be two
entirely different files.