/*
Get name of parent directory
This Java example shows how to get a name of the parent directory of a particular
file or directory using getParent method of Java File class.
*/
import java.io.*;
public class GetParentDirectory {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//create file object
File file = new File("C://FileIO/demo.txt");
/*
* To get parent directory of a particular file, use
* String getParent() method of Java File class.
*/
String strParentDirectory = file.getParent();
System.out.println("Parent directory is : " + strParentDirectory);
}
}
/*
Output would be
Parent directory is : C:\FileIO
*/
