Re: How to create relative file paths

There are Universal Naming Conventions (UNC) such as in your example....see here --
Universal Naming Convention:
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/guidunc.htm

and there is "abbreviated" syntax (environmental variables) that can be used in
certain commands, though this is different from what you refer to in your example --
Environment Variables:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rlively/MANUALS/ENV/INDEX.HTM
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"2dogs" <2dogs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I know that XP accepts many file path naming conventions other than a full
> absolute file path such as "C:\program files\microsoft
> office\documents\file.doc", and etc. I have seen a variety of shorthand
> methods for naming file paths and some that appear to be relative file paths
> that reference a child folder, or parent folder, or perhaps no folder at all
> if the file being referenced is in the same folder as the application that
> uses it. This would seem to be an absolute necessity, for the sake of
> portability from one machine to another, where a file that references or is
> referenced by another file may be located somewhere other than in its
> original location. Some of the formats I have seen are things like
> "\\localhost\foldername", "...\filename", or "\\foldername\\filename" and
> etc.
>
> Where can I find detailed information such as formats, purpose, when to use
> which one, foward slash or back slash, single slash or double slash, and the
> like regarding path naming conventions?
>
> --
> 2dogs in Oregon USA

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