ITPEC IP April 2024 Question 17

The relative path reaches Fn.txt at (4). The current directory marked with an asterisk is the upper-right DIRB, whose path is Root\DIRB\DIRA\DIRB. Process the path ..\..\DIRB\Fn.txt from left to right.

The first .. moves up to DIRA; the second .. moves up again to the first DIRB below Root. From there, DIRB selects its lower child directory named DIRB. The file Fn.txt located directly in that directory is the file marked (4). Repeated directory names do not change the rule: each component is resolved relative to the position reached so far.

Answer (d)

Why not others:
- (1) is in the starting directory
- (2) is directly in the ancestor reached after two upward moves
- (3) is one additional DIRB level below the selected directory

Key rule: Resolve a relative path sequentially: every .. moves to the parent, and every directory name then moves down one matching child level.

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