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class method

File.absolute_path?

File.absolute_path?(file_name) → true or false

Returns true if file_name is an absolute path, and false otherwise.

Example
File.absolute_path?("c:/foo")     #=> false (on Linux), true (on Windows)
See also .absolute_path .atime .basename also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0