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What is the Difference Between Paths and URLs?

 

The “path,” as in “path to Perl” is the physical location of a file within your web server’s directory structure.  A typical path to Perl is “/user/bin/perl.”  Think of the server path in the same way you think of the directory structure on your own PC.

An absolute path refers to the entire path, as opposed to the relative portion of the path (as above).  A typical absolute path would be “/home/username.”

When the software asks for the absolute path to a directory, it is literally looking for the specific location of the directory on the server.  Sometimes, within your FTP client, you can see the path in the top bar.

A “URL” is an address that the Internet uses to reach specific resources on a server.  It allows you to easily reach information from a browser as opposed to an FTP program or server manager.  When the software asks for the URL to a directory, it is looking for the web address of that information.  Your URLs should include the full http://addresshere.com/ directoryname.