---
title: "Naming Conventions for Path Components"
author: "Richard Aubrey White"
date: "2022-12-28"
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```{r setup, include = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  collapse = TRUE,
  comment = "#>"
)
```

Let us consider the file `/home/richard/test.src`

| Component              | Name                      |
|------------------------|---------------------------|
| /home/richard/test.src | Absolute (file)path       |
| richard/test.src       | Relative (file)path       |
| /home/richard/         | Absolute (directory) path |
| ./richard/             | Relative (directory) path |
| richard                | Directory                 |
| test.src               | Filename                  |

A path is a location in a directory structure. Filenames only include
information about the name of the file. Directories only include
information about the name of the directory. Filepaths are paths that
specify the location of a file.