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 "FolderIWant".

I have tried:

var path = require('path');
var parentDir = path.dirname(filename);

But it returns ../test1/folder1/FolderIWant.

Answer 1

Better use @danielwolf's answer instead

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Use split() and pop():

path.dirname(filename).split(path.sep).pop()