Equivalent of os.getpardir()?

Question

Is there a simpler way to get a string of a parent directory than doing the following?

'/'.join(os.getcwd().split('/')[:-1])

possible duplicate of [Get parent directory in Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2860153/get-parent-directory-in-python) — Greg Hewgill, Apr 09 '12 at 19:46
Please don't assume `os.set == '/'` like that. There are ready-made functions for this in `os.path`: `split`, `join`, `basename`, etc. — , Apr 09 '12 at 19:50

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '12 at 19:53

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I believe this would be much simpler for you

os.path.abspath(os.path.pardir)

or even simpler

os.path.dirname(os.getcwd())

answered Apr 09 '12 at 19:53

Abhijit

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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I don't know of a method that does it but I would do something like:

os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), os.pardir))

EDIT: This way works but Ixanezis way is probably better.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

Community

answered Apr 09 '12 at 19:49

Sionide21

os.getcwd() is already absolute path, so os.path.abspath is redundant and os.path.join(x, os.pardir) is almost the same as os.path.dirname(x) – Zart Apr 09 '12 at 19:53
`os.path.join(os.getcwd(), os.pardir)` basically just appends `/..` to the path, calling `os.path.abspath` on it then converts it back down. `dirname` is probably a better approach, I have edited my answer to reflect that. – Sionide21 Apr 09 '12 at 20:04

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 09 '12 at 19:53

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Well, this method may be useful:

os.path.dirname(os.getcwd())

answered Apr 09 '12 at 19:53

Ixanezis

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