Find parent directory of a path

cocoa, nsfilemanager, objective-c, path

Solution

The `NSString` method `-stringByDeletingLastPathComponent` does just that.

You can use it like this:

NSLog(@"%@", [@"/tmp/afolder" stringByDeletingLastPathComponent]);

And it will log `/tmp`.

Problem

Is there any way to find the parent directory of a path using `NSFileManager` or something? e.g. Take this: /path/to/something And turn it into /path/to/

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