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class method

File.blockdev?

File.blockdev?(file_name) → true or false

Returns true if the named file is a block device.

file_name can be an IO object.

See also .birthtime .chardev? .basename .chmod also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0