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instance method

Pathname#to_path

pathname.to_path → string

ext/pathname/pathname.c View on GitHub ↗

static VALUE
path_to_s(VALUE self)
{
    return rb_obj_dup(get_strpath(self));
}

Alias of #to_s

Return the path as a String.

to_path is implemented so Pathname objects are usable with File.open, etc.

See also #to_s #taint #sysopen #truncate also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0