Difference between "../" and "~/" relative path

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I am storing style sheets in {root}/styles while images in {root}/images for a website.

what is difference between ../ and ~/. ?

This question is pretty vague. `~/` seems to only have a meaning at all in some specific contexts, none of which are identified in the question. — Peter Herdenborg, Oct 01 '15 at 09:16

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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../ references the parent directory.

~/ has no special meaning in standard URLs. It does have special meaning in

ASP.NET where it references the root of the application
UNIX shells where it references the current user's home directory

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answered Oct 01 '15 at 09:09

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 01 '15 at 09:09

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../ is relative to the current path of the file.

~/ is relative to the root of the application (in ASP.NET).

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 01 '15 at 09:10

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../ goes up one dir from the current dir.

~/ goes to the dir where you originally came from (not usable in html).

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 01 '15 at 09:13

Depends on the framework you are working on.If you have ASP.NET context ~/with ResolveUrl refers to the root level directory, ignoring the sub directories as well.

In CSS we navigate to the previous directories using ../. If you use ../../ you navigate to two steps back and so on.If you use ./, you can reach to the root

Difference between "../" and "~/" relative path

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