path: A path is a specially formatted list of the directories one must traverse to get from one directory to another. It can be either an absolute path or a relative path.

Examples:

An absolute path in Linux:

• /home/user01/testfile.txt

An absolute path in Windows:

• C:\"My Documents"\testfile.txt

The same path (one of many possibilities) in dos (filenames limited to 8.3):

• C:\MyDoco~1\testfile.txt

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