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../ is the directory one step up in the directory tree.
Why would you want to use./? For example, isn't "./page.htm"
and "page.htm" the same thing?
When would one want to use ./?
Say you write a script called 'backup' and a script with the same name is already on the server (in one of the exec paths).
If you issue a backup command, it would go to the default one. To execute yours, either specify the full path, or from within the directory ./backup
it has to do with the directory structure you set up for your site.
if you do: a href="backup.htm" it will take you to the backup.htm file in the same folder as the current page.
if you do: a href="../backup.htm" it will take you to the backup.htm file in the folder abouve the current page.
if you do: a href="../" it will take you to the default page of the directory one folder above.
if you do: a href="/" it will take you to the default page of the current directory
if you do: a href="/" it will take you to the default page of the current directory
a href="/"a href="./"
I use href="./" a lot when I want to link back to the default or "starting" page of the directory. It keeps my HTML from being cluttered with href="index.htm" that I feel is largely unnecessary.
Learn something everyday :)
