{"json_modified": "2016-09-21T11:09:00.009268", "uuid": "51b4512c-513c-4aba-8769-51bd255ab842", "title": "FileSystemEntry.getParent()", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemEntry/getParent", "tags": ["API", "File and Directory Entry API", "Files", "getParent", "Reference", "Non-standard", "FileSystemEntry", "File System API", "Non-Standard", "Method"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-09-21T11:09:00", "label": "FileSystemEntry.getParent()", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 195661, "last_edit": "2016-09-21T11:08:54", "summary": "The <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemEntry\" title=\"The FileSystemEntry interface of the File and Directory Entries API represents a single in a file system. The entry can be a file or a directory (directories are represented by the DirectoryEntry interface. It includes methods for working with files&#x2014;including copying, moving, removing, and reading files&#x2014;as well as information about a file it points to&#x2014;including the file name and its path from the root to the entry.\"><code>FileSystemEntry</code></a> interface's method <code><strong>getParent</strong></code><strong><code>()</code></strong> obtains a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemDirectoryEntry\" title=\"The FileSystemDirectoryEntry interface of the File and Directory Entries API represents a directory in a file system. It provides methods which make it possible to access and manipulate the files in a directory, as well as to access the entries within the directory.\"><code>FileSystemDirectoryEntry</code></a>.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "Syntax", "title": "Syntax"}, {"id": "Parameters", "title": "Parameters"}, {"id": "Return_value", "title": "Return value"}, {"id": "Errors", "title": "Errors"}, {"id": "Example", "title": "Example"}, {"id": "Using_promises", "title": "Using promises"}, {"id": "Specifications", "title": "Specifications"}, {"id": "Browser_compatibility", "title": "Browser compatibility"}, {"id": "See_also", "title": "See also"}], "slug": "Web/API/FileSystemEntry/getParent", "review_tags": []}