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# spacepy.toolbox.getNamedPath

`spacepy.toolbox.``getNamedPath`(name)

  Return the full path of a parent directory with name as the leaf

  Parameters: | name : string the name of the parent directory to locate

  Examples

  Run from a directory /mnt/projects/dream/bin/Ephem with ‘dream’ as the name, this function would return ‘/mnt/projects/dream’

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