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instance method

File::Stat#directory?

File.directory?(file_name) → true or false

static VALUE
rb_stat_d(VALUE obj)
{
    if (S_ISDIR(get_stat(obj)->st_mode)) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}

Returns true if the named file is a directory, or a symlink that points at a directory, and false otherwise.

file_name can be an IO object.

Example

File.directory?(".")

See also #dev_minor #executable? #dev_major #executable_real? also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0