1. Dart
2. dart:io
3. FileSystemEntity
4. parent property

##### FileSystemEntity class

1. Constructors
2. FileSystemEntity
3. Properties
4. absolute
5. isAbsolute
6. parent
7. path
8. uri
9. hashCode
10. runtimeType
11. Methods
12. delete
13. deleteSync
14. exists
15. existsSync
16. rename
17. renameSync
18. resolveSymbolicLinks
19. resolveSymbolicLinksSync
20. stat
21. statSync
22. watch
23. noSuchMethod
24. toString
25. Operators
26. operator ==
27. Static properties
28. isWatchSupported
29. Static methods
30. identical
31. identicalSync
32. isDirectory
33. isDirectorySync
34. isFile
35. isFileSync
36. isLink
37. isLinkSync
38. parentOf
39. type
40. typeSync

description

# parent property

Directory parent

The directory containing this.

## Implementation

    Directory get parent => new Directory(parentOf(path));