I’m aware of the significance and use of . and .. in file paths (explained here) But I question a path starting with triple dot … as in
…pathtomyfile.txt
Why do I ask> – getting playlists to work properly without a specific drive letter the format seems to be in the form
...MusicThe BeatlesHey Jude.mp3
...MusicThe BeatlesLucy In The Sky With Diamonds.mp3
I suspect this is a formatting issue, but would like to ask the elders.
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In POSIX systems (such as Linux, UNIX, or MacOS), the
...(three dots) does not have any special meaning as a directory name. Unlike.(current directory) and..(parent directory),...is just a normal directory name without any special function in navigation or filesystem operations. (of course, nevertheless the name is deeply confusing and I would recommend never using it) -
In Modern Windows (e.g. Windows 11), I just tried and
cd ...andcd ...., etc., have no effect, having the same semantics as the no-op commandrem. -
For pre-NT Windows versions, see this answer:
Old timer trivia: on Win9x systems (but not NT-based systems), the
cdcommand would treat
...similarly to....and....similarly to......,and so on, at least for the
cdcommand (I don’t think it worked like that in general).I wish this carried over to NT – it was a handy shortcut.