Relative or absolute path

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In <a href="/tips/page.html">

/tips/page.html is a relative path or absolute path?

EDIT: This question is not duplicate. i have read http://stackoverflow.com/questions/181805/absolute-path-relative-path. That question says it is absolute path while http://www.coderanch.com/t/628765/Servlets/java/Relative-absolute-path says it is relative. therefore i have asked.

it will be absolute from your current web application context URL. — Luiggi Mendoza, Feb 14 '14 at 17:13
it took more time to create a SO question than to query Google with "relative path". — JohnJohnGa, Feb 14 '14 at 17:15
Not sure why people vote this question to close as unclear. The question is pretty clear: is this path relative or absolute for the HTML page where the link (``) is placed? — Luiggi Mendoza, Feb 14 '14 at 17:16
i have googled it but some says it is relative and some says it is absolute — a Learner, Feb 14 '14 at 17:17

Saurabh Jain · Answer 1 · 2014-02-14T17:34:49.660

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That is an absolute path An absolute path is one wherein you give complete path of the resource. Usually it starts with the root directory (/) A relative path is often the one where you don't give the complete path; it is usually the current location of the resource

edited Feb 14 '14 at 17:34

answered Feb 14 '14 at 17:18

Saurabh Jain

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in that case, / is referring to the current directory and we are not giving the complete path. It should be then relative path. – Miller Feb 14 '14 at 17:22
please read `http://www.coderanch.com/t/628765/Servlets/java/Relative-absolute-path`. In this it is saying that this is relative path. – a Learner Feb 14 '14 at 17:22
@aLearner it will be way better if you do your tests about it, then come up with your conclusion. – Luiggi Mendoza Feb 14 '14 at 17:24

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