.html">path</a> on which operations can
be performed. The path to the directory can be <a href="dart-io/Directory/absolute.html">absolute</a> or relative.
You can get the parent directory using the getter <a href="dart-io/FileSystemEntity/parent.html">parent</a>,
a property inherited from <a href="dart-io/FileSystemEntity-class.html">FileSystemEntity</a>.</p>
<p>In addition to being used as an instance to access the file system,
Directory has a number of static properties, such as <a href="dart-io/Directory