s:\jobs\2003\12345\construction\file.xls

to go up one directory use two dots.

s:\jobs\2003\12345\construction\..\file.xls

so
sPath = Thisworkbook.Path & "\..\"
sName = sPath & "file.xls"

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"chrissie frisbee" wrote in message
...
I have a path
eg. s:\jobs\2003\12345\construction\file.xls

I want to find the code that strips a level of this path
out i.e. remove \construction. (Go up a directory)
eg. s:\jobs\2003\12345\file.xls

This is so my destination file can be automatically
relinked to a source file that is kept in the directory
above the current destination files directory.

Thank you very much
Chrissie.