code: @Deprecated
      private File getParentFile(final File file) {
          final File parent = file.getParentFile();
  
          if (parent != null && args.msgOutputLevel >= Project.MSG_VERBOSE) {
              System.out.println("Searching in " + parent.getAbsolutePath());
          }
  
          return parent;
      }
docs: Helper to get the parent file for a given file.
  <p>
  Added to simulate File.getParentFile() from JDK 1.2.
  
  @param file File to find parent of. Must not be <code>null</code>.
  @return Parent file or null if none
  @deprecated since 1.6.x