How to get the parent directory of the current working directory in Julia

Question

This seems to be a simple question but I can't find any answer online. Suppose my current working directory is C:/parent_folder/sub_folder, and I want to get C:/parent_folder in Julia.

Edit: I have a solution using PyCall but are there any better solutions, preferably without the need of importing libraries of other languages?

using PyCall 

function get_parent_directory()

    pathlib = pyimport("pathlib")
    path = pathlib.Path(pwd())
    s = string(path.parent)
    return split(s, "\'")[2]

end

get_parent_directory()

Betrothal

Answer 1

This should work for you:

cd(pwd, "..")

Chair

Answer 2

An alternative solution is to use dirname:

dirname(pwd())

Joub

Answer 3

If you want to get the parent directory (without changing the working directory), you can do the following:

splitdir(pwd())[1]

Naquin