FC0-U71 Applications and Software Practice Question
Which of the following is an example of a relative file path?
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Documents\Report.docx
A relative path is defined relative to the current working directory, without a leading slash or drive letter. 'Documents\Report.docx' is relative. 'C:\Users\Report.docx' is absolute. '/home/user/Report.docx' is absolute on Linux, and '\\Server\Share\Report.docx' is a UNC path.
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/home/user/Report.docx
Why it's wrong here
This is an absolute path on a Unix-like system.
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Documents\Report.docx
Why this is correct
This is a relative path, assuming the current directory is the parent of Documents.
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C:\Users\Report.docx
Why it's wrong here
This is an absolute path starting with a drive letter.
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\\Server\Share\Report.docx
Why it's wrong here
This is a UNC path used for network resources.
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