Re: getting back to the root directory

../filename.html

takes you backwards to the root directory.

./filename.html takes you up one directory.

Is that what you're looking for?
HTH,
Fuzzy




At 06:32 AM 7/4/01 , susan wrote:
>> What if the cd rom someone will use it on isnt d:/?  Mine isnt.
>
>I know, I tried it out on my e drive and of course it did not work. This
>time I have found a way round it as I have set the menu to open everything
>into a new window. Therefore the user can close the window and go back to
>the menu that way. I have still to test it on my husband yet. If it does not
>get him into a muddle most basic to average users would be able to cope with
>it. I now have a showcase set up that should make my tutor very happy next
>term.
>
>On the other hand this still does not solve the problem of how do you go
>back through along the file path without starting at the very beginning
>(i.e. naming the root or using http)? Am I asking to do the impossible?
>
>Susan

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