PYTHON

How do I get the parent directory in Python?

from pathlib import Path
Path(Path.cwd()).parent

python get parent directory

from pathlib import Path
Path('C:Program Files').parent

python get parent directory

import os.path
os.path.dirname('C:Program Files')

how do i get parent directory python

from pathlib import Path
path = Path(Path.cwd())
print(path.parent)

get parent of current directory python

In [4]: from os.path import dirname

In [5]: dirname('/home/kristina/desire-directory/scripts/script.py')
Out[5]: '/home/kristina/desire-directory/scripts'

In [6]: dirname(dirname('/home/kristina/desire-directory/scripts/script.py'))
Out[6]: '/home/kristina/desire-directory'