Std::experimental::filesystem::path::parent_path (3) Linux Manual Page

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

Synopsis

path parent_path() const; (filesystem TS)
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

(none)

Example

// Run this code

#include <iostream>

#include <experimental/filesystem>

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';
}

Possible output:

  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"

std::experimental::filesystem::path::parent_path (3) Linux Manual Page