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Relative-paths are URI or directory links to resources that refer to a location relative to the current path.

A relative path references a resource in relation to a current path or directory; its opposite is an absolute path. Web pages frequently make use of relative paths to refer to resources like images and scripts. The advantage of using a relative path is that it remains valid when the host name or root path changes.

As an example, consider a website located at the URL:

http://www.hostname.com/site/page.html

If the page wants to reference an image located at:

http://www.hostname.com/site/images/image.jpg

It could simply make reference to the relative path images/image.jpg.

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Relative imports for the billionth time

I've been here: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0328/ http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html#packages Python packages: relative imports python relative import example code does not work Relative imports in python 2.5 Relative imports in…
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How to get an absolute file path in Python

Given a path such as "mydir/myfile.txt", how do I find the file's absolute path in Python? E.g. on Windows, I might end up with: "C:/example/cwd/mydir/myfile.txt"
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Import a module from a relative path

How do I import a Python module given its relative path? For example, if dirFoo contains Foo.py and dirBar, and dirBar contains Bar.py, how do I import Bar.py into Foo.py? Here's a visual representation: dirFoo\ Foo.py dirBar\ …
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Relative paths in Python

I'm building a simple helper script for work that will copy a couple of template files in our code base to the current directory. I don't, however, have the absolute path to the directory where the templates are stored. I do have a relative path…
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Convert absolute path into relative path given a current directory using Bash

Example: absolute="/foo/bar" current="/foo/baz/foo" # Magic relative="../../bar" How do I create the magic (hopefully not too complicated code...)?
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Crontab - Run in directory

I would like to set a job to run daily in the root crontab. But I would like it to execute it from a particular directory so it can find all the files it needs, since the application has a bunch of relative paths. Anyway, can I tell crontab to run…
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How to refer to relative paths of resources when working with a code repository

We are working with a code repository which is deployed to both Windows and Linux - sometimes in different directories. How should one of the modules inside the project refer to one of the non-Python resources in the project (CSV files, etc.)? If…
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Open file in a relative location in Python

Suppose my python code is executed a directory called main and the application needs to access main/2091/data.txt. how should I use open(location)? what should the parameter location be? I found that below simple code will work.. does it have any…
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Resolve absolute path from relative path and/or file name

Is there a way in a Windows batch script to return an absolute path from a value containing a filename and/or relative path? Given: "..\" "..\somefile.txt" I need the absolute path relative to the batch file. Example: "somefile.txt" is located in…
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How to import a CSS file in a React Component

I want to import a CSS file into a react component. I've tried import disabledLink from "../../../public/styles/disabledLink"; but I get the error below; Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve 'file' or 'directory'…
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relative path in BAT script

Here is my own program folder on my USB drive: Program\ run.bat bin\ config.ini Iris.exe library.dll etc. I would like to use run.bat to start Iris.exe I cannot use this: F:/Program/bin/Iris.exe like a…
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Importing from a relative path in Python

I have a folder for my client code, a folder for my server code, and a folder for code that is shared between them Proj/ Client/ Client.py Server/ Server.py Common/ __init__.py Common.py How do I import…
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Using Server.MapPath in external C# Classes in ASP.NET

I'm trying to get the absolute path of certain files in a C# class. Server.MapPath works great of course for ASPX and their code-behind pages, but that doesn't exist in another class file. I tried HostingEnvironment.MapPath(), but that complains…
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Reading a file using a relative path in a Python project

Say I have a Python project that is structured as follows: project /data test.csv /package __init__.py module.py main.py __init__.py: from .module import test module.py: import csv with open("..data/test.csv")…
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How to go up a level in the src path of a URL in HTML?

I am storing style sheets in {root}/styles while images in {root}/images for a website. How do I give the path in the style sheets to go look in the images directory for the specified images? e.g. In background-image: url('/images/bg.png');
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