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path(1) In communications, the route between any two nodes. Same as "line," "channel," "link" or "circuit."
c:\joe\stories\mylife
The equivalent path in the Unix system follows. This is the same for Linux and the Mac, starting with Mac OS X. Unix knows which drive is used. Regular slashes (forward slashes) are used as separators.
/joe/stories/mylife
Prior to the Unix-based Mac OS X operating system, the Mac could also use a path in certain command sequences. For example, with "hard disk" as the drive, the equivalent path is:
hard disk:joe:stories:mylife
path Computing the directions for reaching a particular file or directory, as traced hierarchically through each of the parent directories usually from the root; the file or directoryand all parent directories are separated from one another in the path by slashes
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So Dorothy at once clambered to where Billina sat, and there, sure enough, was a smooth path cut between the rocks. Rouletabille answered me by pointing to the path which ran quite close to the thicket to the door of the pavilion. It is so early in the day that I shall still get there in good time'; and so she ran from the path into the wood to look for flowers. |
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