Using Python's os.path, how do I go up one directory?

Question

I recently upgrade Django from v1.3.1 to v1.4.

In my old settings.py I have

TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(os.path.dirname( __file_         


        

Answer 1

This might be useful for other cases where you want to go x folders up. Just run walk_up_folder(path, 6) to go up 6 folders.

def walk_up_folder(path, depth=1):
    _cur_depth = 1        
    while _cur_depth < depth:
        path = os.path.dirname(path)
        _cur_depth += 1
    return path