Folder Path of Powershell file In Powershell

Question

My PowerShell script file is located in C:/this-folder/that-folder/another-folder/powershell-file.ps1.

How do I get a variable that returns C:/this-folder/that-folder/another-folder/?

Answer 1

Try this command in your script:

Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

Answer 2

In PowerShell 3.0 you can get it with the new $PSScriptRoot variable, and with $PSCommandPath you can get the full script path.

There's also a great post by MVP Keith hill you may want to check: Determining $ScriptDir Safely

Answer 3

You can use a standard .NET method:

$dirName = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName("c:\temp\abc\myproj1\newdata.txt")

From PowerShell: Get parent directory name from file or directory path.