How do I find the parent directory in C#?

Question

I use this code for finding the debug directory

public string str_directory = Environment.CurrentDirectory.ToString();

"C:\Users\Masoud\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\MyProj\MyProj\bin\Debug"

How can I find the parent folder as shown below?

"C:\Users\Masoud\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\MyProj\MyProj"

Answer 1

You can use System.IO.Directory.GetParent() to retrieve the parent directory of a given directory.