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class method

File.path

File.path(path) → string

static VALUE
rb_file_s_path(VALUE klass, VALUE fname)
{
    return rb_get_path(fname);
}

Returns the string representation of the path

Example

File.path("/dev/null")          #=> "/dev/null"
File.path(Pathname.new("/tmp")) #=> "/tmp"

See also #path .owned? .pipe? .open also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0