Get directory of a file name in Javascript

Question

How to get the directory of a file?

For example, I pass in a string

C:\\Program Files\\nant\\bin\\nant.exe

I want a function that r

Answer 1

I don't know if there is any built in functionality for this, but it's pretty straight forward to get the path.

path = path.substring(0,path.lastIndexOf("\\")+1);