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Posted by Robert Glover
Robert Glover
20,115 Points

What do most developers use? Root-relative or absolute paths?

What do most developers use? Root-relative or absolute paths?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,228 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,228 Points

I generally use relative (not root-relative) paths to make it simple to move the entire file structure into a sub-directory. I might use root-relative paths for images, libraries, or other resources that I feel confident will remain in a specific location on the system.

I normally would only use absolute paths when accessing resources on foreign systems.

Robert Glover
Robert Glover
20,115 Points
Robert Glover
Robert Glover
20,115 Points

Thank you.