#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict;
use warnings;
use Path::Tiny qw/ path /;

print existingParent( 'C:/WINDOWS/roshambonotexist/bl/ah/di/blah' ),"\
+n";
print existingParent( 'Q:/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l' ),"\n";
sub existingParent {
    my $dir = path( shift )->absolute;
    while( not $dir->exists ){
        $dir = $dir->parent;
        last if $dir->is_rootdir;
    }
    return $dir if $dir->exists;
    return "";
}
__END__
$ perl path-tiny-parent.pl
C:/WINDOWS

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