python - How do I get a file's parent directory? -

given path file, c:\xxx\abc\xyz\filename.jpg, how can file's parent folder? in example, i'm looking xyz. number of directories file may vary.

use os.path.dirname directory path. if want name of directory, can use os.path.basename extract base name it:

>>> path = r'c:\xxx\abc\xyz\filename.jpg' >>> import os >>> os.path.dirname(path) 'c:\\xxx\\abc\\xyz' >>> os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(path)) 'xyz'