Microsoft® JScript™ GetParentFolderName Method | Language Reference Version 3

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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);
> >     }

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