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theducks · 10-29-2018, 07:32 PM

..\ tells the OS to go up 1 level closer to the root (Win and Linux)
.\ tells the OS to include the current directory name. a dot also separates the files name from the extension. and directories CAN have a dot part (just not common usage in windows)
oh
.filename in Linux are hidden

10-29-2018, 07:32 PM	#7
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,119 Karma: 60406498 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	..\ tells the OS to go up 1 level closer to the root (Win and Linux) .\ tells the OS to include the current directory name. a dot also separates the files name from the extension. and directories CAN have a dot part (just not common usage in windows) oh .filename in Linux are hidden Last edited by BetterRed; 10-29-2018 at 07:39 PM. Reason: nt -> not