How to get folder path in dired-mode?

Question

I can get the file path with:

(message (file-name-directory (or buffer-file-name load-file-name)))

But if the buffer in dired-mode, the above code evaluates to nil.

How can I get the folder path in dired-mode with elisp?

Answer 1

There's dired-directory, however this Q&A indicates that it is unreliable in certain circumstances, and that default-directory is a better choice.

• C-hv default-directory RET
• C-hv dired-directory RET