How to get path from a variable

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Published on 2010-06-03T08:25:37Z Indexed on 2010/06/03 14:04 UTC
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Following http://stackoverflow.com/questions/659647/how-to-get-folder-path-from-file-path-with-cmd

I want to strip the path (without the filename) from a variable. following the logic of the methods discussed above I would like to use batch bellow, which doesn't work. any takers? possible?

set cpp="C:\temp\lib.dll"
echo %cpp% 
"C:\temp\lib.dll"
echo %~dpcpp
"C:\temp\" > doesn't work

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