[feature] Directory - get parent

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 Reported by:  swoolerton
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There doesn't seem to be a method on Directory to get the parent
directory of the current Directory object. Is there any chance of
having such a method added to Directory.

This worked in any case:-

folderTrail := myPath tokenize: ( Directory pathSeparatorString ).  
parent :=  folderTrail last.

It would be quite useful to have a method supplying the "directory
trail" also, with an Array of all the Directories that comprise a path.

Thanks,
Stephen




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 Reported by:  swoolerton
 Updated by:   bonzinip
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+Status:       works for me

Actually there is:

    *  you can use File class>>#pathFor: to get the parent path as a
String from a String:




   File pathFor: Directory working


    *  you can use File>>#path to get the parent path as a String from
a File or Directory:


   (Directory name: Directory working) path


    *  you can use File>>#directory to get the parent path as a
Directory from a File or Directory:


   (Directory name: Directory working) directory

In 3.1 the File/Directory classes will be overhauled, including the
following: 1) the #directory method will be renamed to #parent; 2)
Directory working will return a directory.  So you will use the
following two snippets to get the enclosing directory as an object or
as a String, respectively:

   Directory working parent
   Directory working path




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>    *  you can use File>>#directory to get the parent path as a
> Directory from a File or Directory:
>
>
>   (Directory name: Directory working) directory

Thank you, this is just the one I wanted

Stephen


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