extract path to directory from path to file

Question

I am getting a huge .txt which I need to slice, save all sliced files in a new directory which at the end of using, I delete.

Now to make a new dir I need path to dir. I want to save in the same dir given by user where he points to a .txt file.

def retPath(path):
    name = path.split('/')
    k = len(name)
    p = ""
    for i in range (0, k-1):
        if i == 0:
            p = p + name[i]
        else:
            p = p + '/' + name[i]
    return p


print(retPath('C:/dir1/dic2/file.txt'))

OUTPUT:

C:/dir1/dic2

This works but I wonder if there's a more pythonic way to do it.

boot-scootin · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-19 14:18:33Z

1

Look at os.path.dirname:

>>> p = '/Users/user/Desktop/words.py'
>>> os.path.dirname(p)
'/Users/user/Desktop'

answered Feb 19, 2017 at 14:18

boot-scootin

12.6k10 gold badges73 silver badges118 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

Tony Tannous Over a year ago

This returns None. Edit: forgot to return in my function. AWESOME! thanks.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

extract path to directory from path to file

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related