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instance method

IO#closed?

ios.closed? → true or false

static VALUE
rb_io_closed(VALUE io)
{
    rb_io_t *fptr;
    VALUE write_io;
    rb_io_t *write_fptr;

    write_io = GetWriteIO(io);
    if (io != write_io) {
        write_fptr = RFILE(write_io)->fptr;
        if (write_fptr && 0 <= write_fptr->fd) {
            return Qfalse;
        }
    }

    fptr = rb_io_get_fptr(io);
    return 0 <= fptr->fd ? Qfalse : Qtrue;
}

Returns true if ios is completely closed (for duplex streams, both reader and writer), false otherwise.

Example

f = File.new("testfile")
f.close         #=> nil
f.closed?       #=> true
f = IO.popen("/bin/sh","r+")
f.close_write   #=> nil
f.closed?       #=> false
f.close_read    #=> nil
f.closed?       #=> true

See also #close #close_on_exec= #clear_screen #close_on_exec? also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1

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