Get parent directory name for a particular file using DOS Batch scripting

Question

I need to find the name of the parent directory for a file in DOS

for ex.

Suppose this is the directory

C:\\test\\pack\\a.txt

Answer 1

you can use a vbscript, eg save the below as getpath.vbs

Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments
strFile = objArgs(0)
WScript.Echo objFS.GetParentFolderName(strFile)

then on command line or in your batch, do this

C:\test>cscript //nologo getpath.vbs c:\test\pack\a.txt
c:\test\pack

If you want a batch method, you can look at for /?.

  %~fI        - expands %I to a fully qualified path name
  %~dI        - expands %I to a drive letter only
  %~pI        - expands %I to a path only