dirname

dirname(path)

Get the root directory of a file or folder

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
path	Union[str, List[str]]	Path to the file or a list of paths to files	required

Returns

Name	Type	Description
	Union[str, List[str]]	the directory of the file or a list of directories of the files in case path is a list

Examples

>>> from rlike import *
>>> x = dirname('/home/xyz/mydata.pickle')
>>> x
'/home/xyz'
>>> x = dirname(['/home/xyz/mydata.pickle', '/home/xyz/mydata2.pickle'])
>>> x
['/home/xyz', '/home/xyz']
>>> x = tempfile()
>>> d = dirname(x)