std::experimental::filesystem::path:: parent_path

Returns the path to the parent directory. Returns empty path if empty ( ) or there's only a single element in the path ( begin ( ) == -- end ( ) ).

The resulting path is constructed by appending all elements in a range [ begin ( ) , -- end ( ) ) to an empty path.

Parameters

(none)

Return value

The path to the parent directory.

Exceptions

May throw implementation-defined exceptions.

Example

#include <experimental/filesystem>
#include <iostream>
namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
 
int main()
{
    for (fs::path p : {"/var/tmp/example.txt", "/", "/var/tmp/."})
        std::cout << "The parent path of " << p
                  << " is " << p.parent_path() << '\n';
}

The parent path of "/var/tmp/example.txt" is "/var/tmp"
The parent path of "/" is ""
The parent path of "/var/tmp/." is "/var/tmp"

See also