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instance method

Pathname#parent

() -> ::Pathname

parent → new_pathname

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/pathname_builtin.rb, line 708
def parent
  self + '..'
end

Returns a new pathname representing the parent directory of the entry represented by self:

Example

pn = Pathname('/etc/passwd') # => #<Pathname:/etc/passwd>
pn.parent                    # => #<Pathname:/etc>

See also #owned? #pipe? #opendir #read also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0