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Harun ERGUL
Harun ERGUL

Reputation: 5942

How to get parent folder name of current directory?

I know there are functions for finding parent directory or path such as.

os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

'C:\Users\jahon\Desktop\Projects\CAA\Result\caa\project_folder'

Is there a function that just returns the parent folder name? In this case it should be project_folder.

Upvotes: 25

Views: 36597

Answers (4)

DannyG
DannyG

Reputation: 241

You can use split and os.path.sep to get the list of path elements and then call the last element of the list:

import os

path = 'C:\\Users\\jahon\\Desktop\\Projects\\CAA\\Result\\caa\\project_folder'

    if path.split(os.path.sep)[-1]:
                parent_folder = path.split(os.path.sep)[-1] # if no backslashes at the end
            else:
                parent_folder = path.split(os.path.sep)[-2] # with backslashes at the end

Upvotes: 0

Tankobot
Tankobot

Reputation: 1602

Yes, you can use PurePath.

PurePath(__file__).parent.name == 'parent_dir'

Upvotes: 10

Open AI - Opting Out
Open AI - Opting Out

Reputation: 24133

You can get the last part of any path using basename (from os.path):

>>> from os.path import basename
>>> basename('/path/to/directory')
'directory'

Just to note, if your path ends with / then the last part of the path is empty:

>>> basename('/path/to/directory/')
''

Upvotes: 21

mdegis
mdegis

Reputation: 2448

You can achieve this easily with os

import os
os.path.basename(os.getcwd())

Upvotes: 24

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