Linking to Other Documents Relative Links Versus Absolute Pathnames

In general - use relative links, because You have less to type. It's easier to move a group of documents to another location, because the relative path names will still be valid.

Use absolute pathnames when linking to documents that are not directly related. Consider a group of documents that comprise a user manual for relative links. Links to other documents should use full path names.

WHY? - if you change the document’s directory, none of the links need to change.

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In general, you should use relative links, because
You have less to type. It's easier to move a group of documents to another location, because the relative path names will still be valid. However, use absolute pathnames when linking to documents that are not directly related. For example, consider a group of documents that comprise a user manual. Links within this group should be relative links. Links to other documents (perhaps a reference to related software) should use full path names. This way, if you move the user manual to a different directory, none of the links would have to be updated.