Anyone know how to get the current working diretory of the scene file returned using python?

I can use hou.hipfile.path() or hou.hipfile.name() (both return the same result),
but then I have to parse what's returned to remove *.hip file referred when I just want the directory up to but not including the hip file name.

I can use hou.houdiniPath() and index to the HIP directory that gets 'Listed', but if I later add another location/s to HOUDINI_PATH later and forget about this indexing, the code gets broken.

So at the moment it seems the only way is to parse and truncate what I get with hou.hipfile.path() or .name(),
which is fine and not really an issue - just wondering if there is a simpler method.

you can for example do:
but also this wouldnt be the end of the world especially if you are planning to deal with paths and use os module anyway:

Thanks Tamte...perfect.