instance method

Pathname#parent

() -> ::Pathname

parent

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.0.0/pathname_builtin.rb, line 505
def parent
  self + '..'
end

Returns the parent directory.

This is same as self + '..'.

See also #owned? #pipe? #opendir #read also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0