Naming Conventions for Path Components

Richard Aubrey White

2022-12-28

Let us consider the file /home/richard/test.src

Component	Name
/home/richard/test.src	Absolute (file)path
richard/test.src	Relative (file)path
/home/richard/	Absolute (directory) path
./richard/	Relative (directory) path
richard	Directory
test.src	Filename

A path is a location in a directory structure. Filenames only include information about the name of the file. Directories only include information about the name of the directory. Filepaths are paths that specify the location of a file.