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Any pathname that does not start with a slash/backslash or a tilde character is a ''relative'' pathname, which is interpreted as starting at the current directory.
If the current directory is <code>/home/kim/ops102</code>, then the Linux pathname
presentation.pdf
/home/kim/ops102/presentation.pdf
The symbol ".." means the parent directory. Assuming the same current directory as above (<code>/home/kim/ops102</code>), the Linux pathname
../Downloads/example.txt
/home/kim/ops102/test.odt
Likewise, if the current directory on a Windows system was <code>\Users\kim</code>, then the pathaname
ops102/presentation.pdf
refers to the absolute pathname
\Users\kim\ops102\presentatin.pdf
And the relative pathname
..\Downloads\example.txt
refers to the absolute pathname
\Users\kim\Downloads\example.txt