Get path directory only and discard file in Java

Question

How do we actually discard last file from java string and just get the file path directory?

Random Path input by user:

C:/my folder/tree/apple.exe

Desired output:

C:/my folder/tree/

closest solution i found is from here . The answer from this forum only display last string acquired not the rest of it. I want to display the rest of the string.

score 36 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 03 '14 at 07:48

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The easiest and most failsafe (read: cross-platform) solution is to create a File object from the path.

Like this:

File myFile = new File( "C:/my folder/tree/apple.exe" );
// Now get the path
String myDir = myFile.getParent();

answered Mar 03 '14 at 07:48

mvreijn

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or use getParentFile() instead of getParent() to end up with a File object instead of a string. – nicomp Jul 11 '19 at 13:01
Check similar question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28594297/get-the-directory-from-a-file-path-in-java-android – RenatoIvancic Jun 17 '22 at 06:50

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 03 '14 at 07:48

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Try that:

String path = "C:/my folder/tree/apple.exe";
path = path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf("/")+1);

answered Mar 03 '14 at 07:48

Florent Bayle

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you shall take into account that separator is nit garanted to be forward slash – Konstantin Pribluda May 09 '17 at 09:55
Much better in my opinion - not making a file. Especially if the said file does not actually exist (yet). Worked perfectly for my needs. – Andrew McOlash Sep 13 '17 at 14:18
You are not "making a file" by creating a `File` object. It's just the container for java.io functions. – mvreijn Oct 10 '17 at 13:10

Get path directory only and discard file in Java

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