PYTHON

How do I get the parent directory in Python?

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

how to determine python project parent dir

import os,sys,inspect
currentdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
parentdir = os.path.dirname(currentdir)
sys.path.insert(0,parentdir) 

import mymodule

OR 

import os, sys

sys.path.insert(1, os.getcwd()) 
import variables

python get parent directory

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

python import from parent directory

exec(open(<filename.py>).read())

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'

import from parent directory python

from ... import nib

import from parent directory in python setup

from setuptools import setup, find_packages

    setup(name='myproject', version='1.0', packages=find_packages())