Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 OpenIntents.org * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.io.File; public class Main { /** * Returns the path only (without file name). * @param file * @return */ public static File getPathWithoutFilename(File file) { if (file != null) { if (file.isDirectory()) { // no file to be split off. Return everything return file; } else { String filename = file.getName(); String filepath = file.getAbsolutePath(); // Construct path without file name. String pathwithoutname = filepath.substring(0, filepath.length() - filename.length()); if (pathwithoutname.endsWith("/")) { pathwithoutname = pathwithoutname.substring(0, pathwithoutname.length() - 1); } return new File(pathwithoutname); } } return null; } }