Path difference between ../ and ./

"./ means the current directory

../ means the parent of the current directory, not the root directory

/ is the root directory

myfile.text is in the current directory, as is ./myfile.text

../myfile.text is one level above you and /myfile.text lives in your root directory."

"The . and .. are relative directories to your current location.

The . is the current directory. eg ""this"".
The .. is the previous directory. eg ""this.parent""."

./ means the current directory.