python path get full path without filename code example

Example 1: get path to file without filename python

import os
filepath = '/a/path/to/my/file.txt'
os.path.dirname(filepath)
# Yields '/a/path/to/my'

Example 2: get full path of file python

>>> import os
>>> os.path.abspath("mydir/myfile.txt")
'C:/example/cwd/mydir/myfile.txt'