Consider the file information from get-childitem
PS> $file = ls servicesv0.6.txt
Fullname gives the full path to the file
PS> $file.Fullname
C:\MyData\SkyDrive\Data\scripts\servicesv0.6.txt
if you use DirectoryName you get the full path to the parent directory
PS> $file.DirectoryName
C:\MyData\SkyDrive\Data\scripts
The easiest way to get the folder holding the path is like this
PS> Split-Path -Path $file.DirectoryName -Leaf
scripts
However on a Windows 8/PS 3 setup you can also do this
PS> $file.Directory | select -ExpandProperty Name
scripts