GetParentFolderName Method

Microsoft Office JScript

Microsoft® JScript® GetParentFolderName Method  Scripting Run-Time Reference 
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Description
Returns a string containing the name of the parent folder of the last component in a specified path.
Syntax
object.GetParentFolderName(path)

The GetParentFolderName method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.
path Required. The path specification for the component whose parent folder name is to be returned.

Remarks
The GetParentFolderName method returns a zero-length string ("") if there is no parent folder for the component specified in the path argument.

Note  The GetParentFolderName method works only on the provided path string. It does not attempt to resolve the path, nor does it check for the existence of the specified path.

The following example illustrates the use of the GetParentFolderName method:

function ShowParentFolderName(filespec)
{
 var fso, s = "";
 fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
 s += fso.GetParentFolderName(filespec);
 return(s);
}