# FinalBuilder fails to go to directory which has '..' path

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/finalbuilder-fails-to-go-to-directory-which-has-path/3276
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [August 25, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/finalbuilder-fails-to-go-to-directory-which-has-path/3276 "2010-08-25T05:19:54Z")
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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/finalbuilder-fails-to-go-to-directory-which-has-path/3276/1 "2010-08-25T05:19:54Z")

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Hi,

The bug I found is that FinalBuilder failed to recognize relative path which is like '..' , e.g. D:\Work\bt\tools\..\tools\a.txt.

I tried to use 'copy file' action.

"src directory"&nbsp; D:\Work\bt\tools\..\tools\a.txt

"dest directory"&nbsp; D:\Temp

The error message I got is that   
Failed to copy File : D:\Work\bt\tools\..\tools\a.txt -\> D:\Temp  
Win32 Error : Access is denied

BTW, The same command is perfectly OK&nbsp;in the DOS environment.

Cheers

Lizzie

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/finalbuilder-fails-to-go-to-directory-which-has-path/3276/2 "2010-08-26T04:07:07Z")

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Hi   
  
 You need to turn on the “Destination is a Directory” option on the action, otherwise the windows copy api will try to create a file with the same name as the folder. This has nothing to do with relative paths (which in this example is redundant since it points back to itself).