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What's the difference between "./" and "/" when using Apache related programs?

I don't know if it's actually Unix operation, but there are often times when the instruction says we should use "./bin/WHATEVER" while other times says "/bin/WHATEVER"

What's the difference?

Solution

  • A period means the current directory and a path that starts with a / is the very root of the partition. So this:

    ./bin/whatever

    Means a folder called bin inside the current directory. Whereas this:

    /bin/whatever

    Means the bin folder is in the root of the partition.