What is difference between absolute path and relative path in solaris 10

Hi Experts, 

Can anyone pls clear the following doubt 

What is difference between absolute path and relative path in Solaris 10? 

Absolute path is the complete path from / eg. /home/admin/smav/abcd.txt . 

relative path is from the current directory. 

pwd: /home/admin 
relative path wil be : smav/abcd.txt

Absolute path is the complete path from / eg. /home/admin/smav/abcd.txt . 

relative path is from the current directory. 

pwd: /home/admin 
relative path wil be : smav/abcd.txt

i would add: 

nevertheless of which OS you are using...
Its the same in windows, linux solaris .5 to solaris 2010.... dependes where u are sitting.

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