Current Path

Path

A path may refer to any of the following:

Alternatively referred to as the pathname, the current path or path is the complete location or name of where a computer, file, device, or web page is located. Below are some examples of different types of computer-related paths.

MS-DOS path

When working with an MS-DOS, Windows, or Windows command line path, the drives, directories, and files are all separated by a backslash.

Linux and Apple path

In Linux, or an Apple shell using the pwd command, your path may look like the following example. When working with this type of path, the drives, directories, and files are all separated by a forward slash.

/home/hope/public_html/

Network path

A network path is a path to a share. In the example below, "help" is the share on the "hope" computer.

\\hope\help

Internet path

The following example shows the Internet path or URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to this web page on the Internet.

https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/path.htm

How do I display the current path?

Tip

By default, MS-DOS and the Windows command line show the full current path in the prompt. For example, if the prompt is C:\Windows\System32>, then the path is c:\Windows\System32. With Linux, you may only have a partial path. For example, the prompt may have "~/public_html/cgi-bin" in the prompt. The ~ (tilde) is a shortcut used to express your home directory.

To display the current path in MS-DOS or the Windows command line, type chdir at the prompt. In Linux, type pwd at the prompt to print the working directory (path).

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