Get parent directory name in Node.js

Question

I am using Node.js, and I want to obtain the parent directory name for a file. I have the file \"../test1/folder1/FolderIWant/test.txt\".

I want to get

Answer 1

Simplest way without any node modules like the path. You can easily do in the following manner to get the root folder name.

var rootFolder = __dirname.split('/').pop();
console.log(rootFolder);