'Retrieve all of the components of the L{FilePath}\'s path except the
last one (everything up to the final path separator).
@return: All of the components of the L{FilePath}\'s path except the
last one (everything up to the final path separator).
@rtype: the same type as this L{FilePath}\'s C{path} attribute'

def dirname(self):

    return dirname(self.path)
