win_dirname¶

Collection Note

This module is part of the ansible.builtin collection. To install the collection, use:

ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.builtin

Added in version 2.0.

Synopsis¶

Returns the directory component of a Windows path, what is left in the string that is not 'win_basename'.

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
_input str required		A Windows path.

# To get the last name of a file Windows path, like 'C:\users\asdf' out of 'C:\Users\asdf\foo.txt'
{{ mypath | win_dirname }}

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
_value	str	The directory from the Windows path provided.