os.Path.dirName

Returns all components of a path excluding the last one.

Syntax

os.Path.dirName(
   path STRING)
  RETURNS STRING
  1. path is the path to a file or directory.

Usage

This method removes the last component of a path provided as argument.

For example, if you pass "/root/dir1/file.ext" as the parameter, it will return "/root/dir1".

See Example 1: Extracting the parts of a file name for more examples.