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description: A file path describes the location of a file in a web site's folder structure.
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# HTML File Paths

### File Path Examples

| Path                             | Description                                                                           |
| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| \<img src="picture.jpg">         | The "picture.jpg" file is located in the same folder as the current page              |
| \<img src="images/picture.jpg">  | The "picture.jpg" file is located in the images folder in the current folder          |
| \<img src="/images/picture.jpg"> | The "picture.jpg" file is located in the images folder at the root of the current web |
| \<img src="../picture.jpg">      | The "picture.jpg" file is located in the folder one level up from the current folder  |

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### HTML File Paths

A file path describes the location of a file in a web site's folder structure.

File paths are used when linking to external files, like:

* Web pages
* Images
* Style sheets
* JavaScripts

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### Absolute File Paths

An absolute file path is the full URL to a file:

{% code overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}
```markup
<img src="https://www.w3schools.com/images/picture.jpg" alt="Mountain">
```
{% endcode %}

### Relative File Paths

A relative file path points to a file relative to the current page.

In the following example, the file path points to a file in the images folder located at the root of the current web:

{% code overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}
```markup
<img src="/images/picture.jpg" alt="Mountain">
<img src="../images/picture.jpg" alt="Mountain">
```
{% endcode %}
