When specifying a volume in AskiaSurf, you can store the path name in one of three formats: absolute, relative or network.
In a relative path, the location and name of a file are expressed in relation to the location of the campaign (QEW) file. For example, a volume file (called wave1.qes) might be in a sub-directory (called data) of the campaign directory. In this situation, it would be expressed as a relative path as datawave1.qes".
We do not recommend using a relative path if you anticipate moving the QEW between different locations without keeping the same relationship with the volume file, as the relative path will no longer point to the intended directory.
A relative path will continue to work if you move the campaign (QEW) file on the same computer as long as you also move the volume files and preserve the relative positions between the two. If you want to refer to a file on a network drive, we recommend that you use a network path, as this will not break if the campaign file is moved to a different computer (because it includes the unique computer and drive names).