# parentOf method

String parentOf (String path)

Removes the final path component of a path, using the platform's path separator to split the path.

Will not remove the root component of a Windows path, like "C:\" or "\\server_name\". Ignores trailing path separators, and leaves no trailing path separators.

## Implementation

    static String parentOf(String path) {
      int rootEnd = -1;
      if (Platform.isWindows) {
        if (path.startsWith(_absoluteWindowsPathPattern)) {
          // Root ends at first / or \ after the first two characters.
          rootEnd = path.indexOf(new RegExp(r'[/\\]'), 2);
          if (rootEnd == -1) return path;
        } else if (path.startsWith('\\') || path.startsWith('/')) {
          rootEnd = 0;
        }
      } else if (path.startsWith('/')) {
        rootEnd = 0;
      }
      // Ignore trailing slashes.
      // All non-trivial cases have separators between two non-separators.
      int pos = path.lastIndexOf(_parentRegExp);
      if (pos > rootEnd) {
        return path.substring(0, pos + 1);
      } else if (rootEnd > -1) {
        return path.substring(0, rootEnd + 1);
      } else {
        return '.';
      }
    }