getParentFilePath

Requires a Node.js runtime ('qsu/node')

Returns the parent path one level above the given path.

Trailing separators are ignored, so /home/user/ and /home/user share the parent /home. A path with only one segment resolves to the root.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default
filePath	stringStringstr	●	–
isWindowsnamedkeyword	booleanbool	–	–
Whether the target operating system to be checked is Windows

namedThese parameters are passed as named parameters.

keywordThese parameters are passed as keyword arguments, or as a single dict in their place.

Returns

string

String

str

Examples

getParentFilePath('C:\\Windows\\System32', true); // 'C:\Windows'
getParentFilePath('/home/user/text.txt'); // '/home/user'
getParentFilePath('relative/path'); // '/relative'
getParentFilePath('/home/user/'); // '/home'

getParentFilePath('C:\\Windows\\System32', isWindows: true); // 'C:\Windows'
getParentFilePath('/home/user/text.txt'); // '/home/user'
getParentFilePath('relative/path'); // '/relative'
getParentFilePath('/home/user/'); // '/home'

getParentFilePath('C:\\Windows\\System32', True) # 'C:\Windows'
getParentFilePath('/home/user/text.txt') # '/home/user'
getParentFilePath('relative/path') # '/relative'
getParentFilePath('/home/user/') # '/home'