What is the path for my file.

[dark.deadpool]

Hello, I am learning HTML and basic webdesign, and is considerably new to macs. I was wondering how the file path on macs works. For example, if I have a file in the "home" section of OSX, how do I specify that file?

Thank you in advance.

 

[decksnap]

Drag the file into a safari window to see it's path. Here's an example of what a path would be to something in your user folder:

file:///Users/Username/file.jpg

 

[decksnap]

Though I'd think you'd want to use relative links, not absolute ones.

 

[Erendiox]

Home folders exist in the "Users" folder, which in turn exists in the the root folder of your hard drive, so a full file path to something in the home folder would look like: /Users/erendiox/Stuff.mov. A file on the desktop would look like /Users/erendiox/Desktop/Stuff.mov. One thing to keep in mind is that you have to be ABSOLUTELY EXACT when writing a file path, including captial letters and puntuation marks, or it won't work. You can experiment with this by using the finder. Use the Go>Go to Folder from the drop down menu and type in a file/folder path to open it.

 

[reh]

Another thing worth noting is you can abbreviate the location of your home folder with a tilde (~). So a file on your desktop could be shown as ~/Desktop/somefile.mov (don't use that on webpages though).

 

[dark.deadpool]

Wow, lots of help quickly.

Thank you so much for all the help. I had another question, I was wondering why this is so.

I wrote a bit of html to test my skills. On my mac using textedit, it didn't work (!!all!! of the html shows up including the <stuff in these brackets>).

I imputted the same text into notepad on a pc, and it worked fine.

I'm 100 percent sure that I saved it as .html, and I used the pulldown menu to save it at .html.

I would much prefer to use my mac for making the website (obviously) but need to solve this little hiccup.

Thanks in advance for your advice.