/*
Get parent directory as a File object
This Java example shows how to get the parent directory of a particular
file or directory as File object using getParentFile method of Java File class.
*/
import java.io.*;
public class GetParentDirectoryAsFile {
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.
*/
File fileParent = file.getParentFile();
System.out.println("Parent directory is : " + fileParent.getPath());
}
}
/*
Output would be
Parent directory is : C:\FileIO
*/
