ansible.builtin.win_dirname filter – Get a Windows path’s directory

Note

This filter plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short plugin name win_dirname. However, we recommend you use the Fully Qualified Collection Name (FQCN) ansible.builtin.win_dirname for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same filter plugin name.

Synopsis

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

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | ansible.builtin.win_dirname.

Parameter

Comments

Input

string / required

A Windows path.

See Also

See also

ansible.builtin.win_basename filter plugin

Get a Windows path’s base name.

Examples

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

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

string

The directory from the Windows path provided.

Returned: success

Authors

  • ansible core team

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.