Re: Directory(parent) Structure

funny thing is, I thought to try it, but thought it looked too strange to work ^_^ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Dempsey" <dempsejn@georgetown.edu> To: "Chris Anderson" <m1garand@ameritech.net> Cc: "PHP" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Directory(parent) Structure > Sure > > .. = parent > ../.. = parent of that > etc... > > / = root > > you can get to any directory on your server by using a combination of .. > and directory names, or, and this is often a good idea, you can just > specify the location from root, for example > > /path/to/my/file > > that way if you move the file with .. in it, it'll still find your file > correctly........ > > jack > > Chris Anderson wrote: > > > > I know using ../ in a path moves to the parent directory. But is there a way to move back farther then that? > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >