When you encounter the error message “cannot be resolved to absolute file path because it does not reside in the file system,” it means that the file or resource you are referring to in your code cannot be located because the specified file path is incorrect or the file does not exist.
To resolve this issue, you need to ensure that you provide the correct absolute file path or relative file path to locate the file in your code.
An absolute file path is the complete path from the root directory to the file, while a relative file path is the path relative to the current working directory.
Examples:
- Absolute File Path:
Suppose you have a file called “myfile.txt” located in the following absolute file path: C:\Users\Username\Documents\myfile.txt.
You can specify the absolute path in your code as follows:
<img src="C:\Users\Username\Documents\myfile.txt" alt="My File">- Relative File Path:
Suppose you have an HTML file called “index.html” and a folder called “images” containing an image file “myimage.jpg” in the same directory.
You can specify the relative file path to the image file in your HTML code as follows:
<img src="images/myimage.jpg" alt="My Image">Here, the image file is located in the “images” folder which is in the same directory as the HTML file. So, by specifying the relative file path as “images/myimage.jpg”, the browser will correctly locate the image file.
Remember to double-check the spelling and letter case of the file name and the file extension as even a slight mistake can result in the file not being found and this error occurring.