diff --git a/src/local_ops.py b/src/local_ops.py
index a1f5874..cb51682 100644
--- a/src/local_ops.py
+++ b/src/local_ops.py
@@ -626,3 +626,7 @@ def get_tempdir(self) -> str:
         assert type(r) is str
         assert os.path.exists(r)
         return r
+
+    def get_dirname(self, path: str) -> str:
+        assert type(path) is str
+        return os.path.dirname(path)
diff --git a/src/os_ops.py b/src/os_ops.py
index 2f23648..8ba6983 100644
--- a/src/os_ops.py
+++ b/src/os_ops.py
@@ -177,3 +177,7 @@ def is_port_free(self, number: int):
 
     def get_tempdir(self) -> str:
         raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def get_dirname(self, path: str) -> str:
+        assert type(path) is str
+        raise NotImplementedError()
diff --git a/src/remote_ops.py b/src/remote_ops.py
index 92f77a4..b2b2efb 100644
--- a/src/remote_ops.py
+++ b/src/remote_ops.py
@@ -783,6 +783,10 @@ def get_tempdir(self) -> str:
         assert type(temp_dir) is str
         return temp_dir
 
+    def get_dirname(self, path: str) -> str:
+        assert type(path) is str
+        return posixpath.dirname(path)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _build_cmdline(cmd, exec_env: typing.Dict = None) -> str:
         cmd_items = __class__._create_exec_env_list(exec_env)
diff --git a/tests/test_os_ops_common.py b/tests/test_os_ops_common.py
index e4b8278..0d74eba 100644
--- a/tests/test_os_ops_common.py
+++ b/tests/test_os_ops_common.py
@@ -1396,3 +1396,22 @@ def test_kill__unk_pid(
             RuntimeError("Unknown os_ops type: {}".format(type(os_ops).__name__))
 
         return
+
+    def test_get_dirname(self, os_ops: OsOperations):
+        assert isinstance(os_ops, OsOperations)
+
+        p = __file__
+        assert type(p) is str
+        assert p != ""
+        assert os.path.exists(p)
+
+        expected_dirname = os.path.dirname(p)
+        assert type(expected_dirname) is str
+        assert expected_dirname != ""
+
+        actual_dirname = os_ops.get_dirname(p)
+        assert type(actual_dirname) is str
+        assert actual_dirname != ""
+
+        assert actual_dirname == expected_dirname
+        return