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  1. Relative path to the current working directory: such as “file.txt”<\/li>\n
  2. Relative path to the current package: for example “com\/example\/file.txt”<\/li>\n
  3. Relative path to parent directory: for example, “..\/file.txt”<\/li>\n
  4. Relative path to a subdirectory of the current working directory: for example “folder\/file.txt”<\/li>\n
  5. Relative path to the classpath: for example “resources\/file.txt”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Relative path to the current working directory: such as “file.txt” Relative path to the current package: for example “com\/example\/file.txt” Relative path to parent directory: for example, “..\/file.txt” Relative path to a subdirectory of the current working directory: for example “folder\/file.txt” Relative path to the classpath: for example “resources\/file.txt”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6949,6948,6950,180,6947],"class_list":["post-5989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-java-file-navigation","tag-java-file-paths","tag-java-path-examples","tag-java-programming","tag-java-relative-paths"],"yoast_head":"\nJava Relative Paths: Complete Guide - Blog - Silicon Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn all the ways to write relative paths in Java. 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