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I have a checked out a project with file hierarchy:



REPO/project/src/multiple sub-directories here


I am reading some documentation and at a certain point I have to create a file config.properties and put it into 2 locations specified by that:




  1. project/src/config.properties

  2. project/../../config.properties


The point 1 is obvious but the 2 I didn't understand it? Is it wrong or it's me?






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I have a checked out a project with file hierarchy:



REPO/project/src/multiple sub-directories here


I am reading some documentation and at a certain point I have to create a file config.properties and put it into 2 locations specified by that:




  1. project/src/config.properties

  2. project/../../config.properties


The point 1 is obvious but the 2 I didn't understand it? Is it wrong or it's me?






filesystems path







share|improve this question

























  • Is the documentation you're following available online?

    – roaima
    Oct 30 '15 at 23:51
















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I have a checked out a project with file hierarchy:



REPO/project/src/multiple sub-directories here


I am reading some documentation and at a certain point I have to create a file config.properties and put it into 2 locations specified by that:




  1. project/src/config.properties

  2. project/../../config.properties


The point 1 is obvious but the 2 I didn't understand it? Is it wrong or it's me?






filesystems path







share|improve this question
















I have a checked out a project with file hierarchy:



REPO/project/src/multiple sub-directories here


I am reading some documentation and at a certain point I have to create a file config.properties and put it into 2 locations specified by that:




  1. project/src/config.properties

  2. project/../../config.properties


The point 1 is obvious but the 2 I didn't understand it? Is it wrong or it's me?






filesystems path




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    – roaima
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  • Is the documentation you're following available online?

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    Oct 30 '15 at 23:51



















Is the documentation you're following available online?

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REPO/project/src/multiple sub-directories here


So these would be relative paths, not absolute paths (ie they don't start with a / to indicate the root)



project/src/config.properties


Would translate to REPO/project/src/config.properties



project/../../config.properties


would translate to REPO/config.properties because you change into project, then back two levels.



You can create symlinks to config.properties whereever you like, extra links won't mess anything up, and each one will use up one inode and no disk space.
If the real file is REPO/config.properties then this will symlink other files to that one.



ln -s REPO/config.properties  REPO/project/src/





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    REPO/project/src/multiple sub-directories here


    So these would be relative paths, not absolute paths (ie they don't start with a / to indicate the root)



    project/src/config.properties


    Would translate to REPO/project/src/config.properties



    project/../../config.properties


    would translate to REPO/config.properties because you change into project, then back two levels.



    You can create symlinks to config.properties whereever you like, extra links won't mess anything up, and each one will use up one inode and no disk space.
    If the real file is REPO/config.properties then this will symlink other files to that one.



    ln -s REPO/config.properties  REPO/project/src/





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      REPO/project/src/multiple sub-directories here


      So these would be relative paths, not absolute paths (ie they don't start with a / to indicate the root)



      project/src/config.properties


      Would translate to REPO/project/src/config.properties



      project/../../config.properties


      would translate to REPO/config.properties because you change into project, then back two levels.



      You can create symlinks to config.properties whereever you like, extra links won't mess anything up, and each one will use up one inode and no disk space.
      If the real file is REPO/config.properties then this will symlink other files to that one.



      ln -s REPO/config.properties  REPO/project/src/





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        REPO/project/src/multiple sub-directories here


        So these would be relative paths, not absolute paths (ie they don't start with a / to indicate the root)



        project/src/config.properties


        Would translate to REPO/project/src/config.properties



        project/../../config.properties


        would translate to REPO/config.properties because you change into project, then back two levels.



        You can create symlinks to config.properties whereever you like, extra links won't mess anything up, and each one will use up one inode and no disk space.
        If the real file is REPO/config.properties then this will symlink other files to that one.



        ln -s REPO/config.properties  REPO/project/src/





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        REPO/project/src/multiple sub-directories here


        So these would be relative paths, not absolute paths (ie they don't start with a / to indicate the root)



        project/src/config.properties


        Would translate to REPO/project/src/config.properties



        project/../../config.properties


        would translate to REPO/config.properties because you change into project, then back two levels.



        You can create symlinks to config.properties whereever you like, extra links won't mess anything up, and each one will use up one inode and no disk space.
        If the real file is REPO/config.properties then this will symlink other files to that one.



        ln -s REPO/config.properties  REPO/project/src/






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