How to get only the last part of a path in Python?

Question

In Python, suppose I have a path like this:

/folderA/folderB/folderC/folderD/

How can I get just the folderD part?

Answer 1

I was searching for a solution to get the last foldername where the file is located, I just used split two times, to get the right part. It's not the question but google transfered me here.

pathname = "/folderA/folderB/folderC/folderD/filename.py"
head, tail = os.path.split(os.path.split(pathname)[0])
print(head + "   "  + tail)