`path.dirname()`

Returns the directory portion of a path.

Since Node 0.x Spec ↗

Syntax

path.dirname(path)

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`path`	`string`	Yes	The path to evaluate.

Returns

string — The directory name of the path.

Examples

import { dirname } from 'node:path';

console.log(dirname('/users/data/report.pdf'));

Output

/users/data

import { dirname } from 'node:path';
import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';

const here = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
console.log(here);

Output

/home/user/project/src

Notes

Equivalent to everything before the last separator. In ESM use `import.meta.dirname` (Node 20.11+) directly instead of computing it from `import.meta.url`.