getting path of parent directory

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 6:49:32 -0400, John Wain wrote
(in message <1g11dah.wiklk51x72gjmN%john@disneyland.com>):

 > Does anyone have a very fast formula to obtain the path of the
 > containing directory from a reference to a file or sub dir?
 >
 > e.g. in a folder action script:
 > on adding folder items to this_folder
 > set the_parent to the container of this_folder
 >
 >

Use text item delimiters to convert to a list
Drop the last item of the list
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In article <0001HW.BB835E150026009209E2D720.DeleteThis@text.giganews.com>,
Steve <nospam.DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote:

 > Use text item delimiters to convert to a list
 > Drop the last item of the list
 > Use tid's to change back to the folder path

Using pathname is not recommanded in Mac OS as there's no guarantee that
a given pathname is unique.

Patrick
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Patrick Stadelmann <Patrick.Stadelmann DeleteThis @unine.ch> wrote:

 > tell application "Finder"
 > get container of myFolder
 > end

Fine. Thank you. Just what I wanted.

Regards.

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