path_parent_dir: Find the parent directory for a path

In galacticpolymath/GPpub: Galactic Polymath Lesson Publishing Tools

Find the parent directory for a path

Description

Supply a path, get the parent folder

Usage

path_parent_dir(filepath, n_levels = 1, test_existence = FALSE)

Arguments

filepath	the file path
n_levels	how many levels do you want to go up? default=1 goes up to the parent folder level
test_existence	do you want to test whether filepath file exists?

Examples

path_to_file<-"Users/me/folder/subfolder/photo.png"
(path_to_subfolder<-path_parent_dir(path_to_file))
path_parent_dir(path_to_subfolder)

#get same result from:
path_parent_dir(path_to_file,n_levels=2)

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