R.utils (version 0.9.6)

getParent: Gets the string of the parent specified by this pathname

Description

Gets the string of the parent specified by this pathname. This is basically, by default the string before the last path separator of the absolute pathname.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'default}(pathname, depth=1, fsep=.Platform$file.sep, ...)':
getParentundefined

 pathname{A character string of the pathname to be checked.}
   depth{An integer specifying how many generations up the
      path should go.}
   fsep{A character string of the file separator.}
   ...{Not used.}

 Returns a character string if the parent exists, otherwise NULL.



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