What is the meaning of $(SolutionDir)\..\..\..\

Question

In the property sheet: for one User Macros, the name is OSGVE_DIR, with Value: $(SolutionDir)\..\..\..\..

What is the path of $(SolutionDir) ？ \..\..\..\.. the slashes means change to the sub directory or up directory?

Solution

You asked two completely independent questions. Below is the answer to your second one. I recommend re-asking your first one as a separate question.

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The characters ..\ signify moving up the folder hierarchy by one level. So, if while in the directory a\b\c\d\e\f\g\ I referenced \..\..\..\, I would be now looking at a\b\c\d\ The starting \ simply says to reference the current directory and is (usually) optional.

Comments

[ta.speot.is]

$(SolutionDir) is a macro, it should expand to the directory that holds your Solution.sln file. The SOLUTION DIRectory, I think it's called...

[lightrek]

So, you mean: if I have a directory: a\b\c, then a\b\c\.. change the directory to a\b ?

[supersam654]

Exactly. Every "..\" moves up on level.