1.5Understanding Paths

Absolute vs Relative Paths

# Absolute path: starts from root (/)
/home/qa/projects/webapp/tests/login.spec.ts

# Relative path: relative to current directory
tests/login.spec.ts                # If you are in /home/qa/projects/webapp/
../webapp/tests/login.spec.ts      # If you are in /home/qa/projects/api/

Special Path Symbols

Symbol	Meaning	Example
/	Root directory	cd /
~	Home directory	cd ~/projects
.	Current directory	cp ./config.json /tmp/
..	Parent directory	cd ..
-	Previous directory	cd -