Get parent directory in Python

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Published on 2010-05-18T18:55:41Z Indexed on 2010/05/18 19:00 UTC
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Hi,

Could someone tell me how to get the parent directory of a path in Python in a cross platform way. E.g.

C:\Program Files ---> C:\

and

C:\ ---> C:\

If the directory doesn't have a parent directory, it returns the directory itself. The question might seem simple but I couldn't dig it up through Google.

Thanks.

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