On Oct 18, 2:43 pm, Alexander Kapps <alex.ka...@web.de> wrote: > On 18.10.2010 23:24, Devin M wrote: > > > Hello, I am using os.path to get the absolute paths of a few > > directories that some python files are in. > > FIlePath = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) > > which returns a path similar to /home/devinm/project/files > > Now I want to get the directory above this one. (/home/devinm/ > > project/) Is there a simple way to do this? I was considering spliting > > apart the path and then reconstructing it with the last folder left > > off. Hope theres a better way to do this. > > > Regards, > > Devin M > > os.path.split() is designed for this > > In [4]: path="/home/devinm/project/files" > > In [5]: import os.path > > In [6]: os.path.split(path)[0] > Out[6]: '/home/devinm/project'
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