1 07/30/86  Relative pathnames (general information)
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 3 Relative pathnames are pathnames which are interpreted relative to the
 4 working directory.  An entryname or a pathname which does not begin
 5 with a greater than character (">") is a relative pathname.  A relative
 6 pathname may begin with one or more less than characters ("<").  Each
 7 less than character is interpreted as one directory level closer to the
 8 root directory than the working directory.  A relative pathname may
 9 be converted to an absolute pathname if the working directory is known,
10 provided that there are no more less than characters in the relative
11 pathname than there are directory names in the working directory
12 pathname.
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15 Notes: For more information on pathnames, see pathname.gi.info.
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18 Examples:
19 Assume that the working directory is >udd>Demo>JQUser.
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21 Relative pathname                 Absolute pathname
22 ""                 (null path)    >udd>Demo>JQUser
23 <                                 >udd>Demo
24 myfile                            >udd>Demo>JQUser>myfile
25 subdir>myfile                     >udd>Demo>JQUser>subdir>myfile
26 <<NewProj>JQUser                  >udd>NewProj>JQUser
27 <<<tools                          >tools
28 <<<<               (error)