Is './hello.htm' the same as 'hello.htm'? 1

[AndyGroom]

Hi,

Daft question I'm sure, but are the following two lines of HTML identical as far as the browser is concerned?

<img src='./pic1.gif'>
<img src='pic1.gif'>

As a child of the 80's having grown up with DOS I understand that the top line 'reinforces' the fact that the image exists within the current folder, but is it necessary?

- Andy
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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Andy,

Yes they are the same and no - it's not necessary to do that ;o)

Hope that helps!

Dan

 

[AndyGroom]

Thanks!

- Andy
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[jstreich]

As stated, yes they are the same, and he's right there is no need to that... here's where it comes from, and where it can be used:

. is THIS working directory that you are currently in
.. is the directory directly &quot;above&quot; the one you are in

lets say you have a directory called web, and in it is an image that is used at the top of every page, called head.jpg. There is a sub directory blah(

web/blah

) and it's index wants to use that image. On the server, however the main directory with the contents of your web is called

http://www (or

let's pretend for this example)... That means that if you type the img tag for the head in the index.html file of the blah directory as

<img scr=&quot;web/head.jpg&quot;>

when it's uploaded the image will appear broken in the index page of the blah directory. If instead of web, you used www, then viewing it locally would appear broken... The fix:

<img src=&quot;[b]..[/b]/head.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;head&quot;>

.

Alright, I'm done babling about things we all know already...