[Actions-Variable] How do I get the &Parent from &Parent?

[merhovon]

Hello all,

I need the parent folder for a command, how can I determine it?

My current path (IFS):
/home/XXXX/ABC/QCBLPGM/HALLOWELT.CBLLE

The parameter &Parent returns me QCBLPGM but I still need ABC and possibly also the folder above. !!!Only the folder name!!!

[worksofliam]

You likely should be using &HOME which refers to the current working directory (so perhaps /home/XXXX/ABC/)

[merhovon]

@worksofliam
I know the &HOME variable returns the whole path but I need the &Parent variable to return only a part of it.
I want to be able to stagger &Parent so that I can determine 'ABC' or 'XXXX' as a single value.

[worksofliam]

@merhovon What do you propose the variable name be for the 'parent of the parent'?

[merhovon]

@worksofliam
Maybe superordinate? Is it possible that this variable can determine values dynamically? The idea is that if I call the new variable with itself, that I get the directory above it.

Here is an example:

My current path (IFS):
/home/XXXX/ABC/QCBLPGM/HALLOWELT.CBLLE

&superordinate -> ABC
&superordinate(&superordinate) -> XXXX
&superordinate(&superordinate(&superordinate)) -> home

[merhovon]

@worksofliam
Is there any planning yet as to when this will be implemented?

[worksofliam]

@merhovon No plans from me at the moment.

Sorry, I have a lot of stuff on my plate at the moment. When I have more time, perhaps we could add this kind of stuff to Actions.