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class method

Dir.getwd

Dir.getwd → string

Dir.pwd → string

static VALUE
dir_s_getwd(VALUE dir)
{
    return rb_dir_getwd();
}

Returns the path to the current working directory of this process as a string.

Example

Dir.chdir("/tmp")   #=> 0
Dir.getwd           #=> "/tmp"
Dir.pwd             #=> "/tmp"

See also .foreach .glob .exist? .home also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0