From 937931d53d3dabf56580dc3f1ce013f487348281 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Kittisopikul <kittisopikulm@janelia.hhmi.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:00:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Base.parent by splitting on / only, fix #1161

---
 src/groups.jl | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/groups.jl b/src/groups.jl
index 750a44ea7..1f692f1eb 100644
--- a/src/groups.jl
+++ b/src/groups.jl
@@ -98,9 +98,12 @@ function Base.parent(obj::Union{File,Group,Dataset})
     if length(path) == 1
         return f
     end
-    parentname = dirname(path)
+    # Only split on / not \
+    # See "HDF5 Path Names and Navigation" under "The HDF5 Data Model and File Structure"
+    path_parts = split(path, "/")
+    parentname = join(path_parts[1:end-1], "/")
     if !isempty(parentname)
-        return open_object(f, dirname(path))
+        return open_object(f, parentname)
     else
         return root(f)
     end