OSX I can do this:
someCommand -someOtherParameter ../../../../../ThisFileIsNeeded -yetAnotherParameter
When I try to do the same thing on Windows it yields:
"The system cannot find the file specified"
because the result path is something like:
c:\myFolder\otherFolder\IamHere\..\..\..\..\ThisFileIsNeeded
How can I write relative paths for windows cmd?
Paths, and relative ones, work very similar to what you have in OS X/macOS.
If you are located in c:\dev\repos\repo1 and you want to do something with a file located in c:\dev\bin\ (example below for PowerShell).
C:\dev\repos\repo1> Start-Process ..\..\bin\my_executable.exe
Command line above in words:
Start a process using the file my_executable.exe found (with starting point in the current directory (relative path)) by going two directories back up and then down in to directory bin.
Sub Folder Example If you are located in c:\dev\repos\repo1 and you want a sub-folder \My_Project\repo1.exe (example below for PowerShell).
C:\dev\repos\repo1> Start-Process .\My_Project\repo1.exe
It seems to me that you do know how relative paths work. Reply with exact commands so that I can reproduce what you're trying.
Start-Process isn’t exactly “cmd style”. :P // With tab autocomplete, working with relative paths is even easier, because you can “look into” the current directory level.
..\bin\my_executable becomes c:\myPath\..binmyexecutable.exe