[MacPerl] path name syntax

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

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rensingh@uni-duesseldorf.de (Luigi Rensinghoff) writes:
>I have some problems with the directory-names with MacPerl.
>I want to open a file that is located in a directory two levels below the
>one from which i want to open the file i i do not know how to do this.

The file MacPerl.Specifics describes all the rules, although it assigns the
opposite meanings to "above" and "below" than you seem to do.

In short, when your current directory is:

bigdisk:dir1:dir2:dir3:

and you want to open file

bigdisk:dir1:xy

you need relative path:

:::xy

: means current directory, :: means parent directory, ::: means parent of 
parent.

Matthias

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