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How do I get the parent directory in Python?
In Python 3.4+ you can use the pathlib module to get the parent directory.
Example
from pathlib import Path
print(Path('/home/username').parent)Output
This will give the output:
/home
In older versions, you can call the os.path.join on your path and '..'(represents parent directory) and then find its absolute path using os.path.abspath.
Example
import os
print(os.path.abspath(os.path.join('/home/username', '..')))Output
This will give the output:
/home
Updated on: 16-Dec-2019
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