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instance method

Pathname#relative?

relative?

ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb View on GitHub ↗

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.0.5/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb, line 246
def relative?
  !absolute?
end

It returns false if the pathname begins with a slash.

Example

p = Pathname.new('/im/sure')
p.relative?
    #=> false

p = Pathname.new('not/so/sure')
p.relative?
    #=> true

See also #realpath #relative_path_from #realdirpath #rename also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1