- In our terminal, we’re always in a directory
- this directory is called a working directory (the folder that the shell is currently operating at)
- commands can access this folder and act relative to this directory
Absolute vs relative paths
- Absolute
- starts with
/
- ~ counts as absolute because bash under the shell rewrites this as /home/user/
- defines the complete path to a file
- works anywhere (no matter our current working directory)
- Relative
- being resolved according to our current working directory
./Desktop, ../Desktop. indicates current directory