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class method
File.socket?
File.socket?(filepath) → true or false
file.c
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static VALUE
rb_file_socket_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
#ifndef S_ISSOCK
# ifdef _S_ISSOCK
# define S_ISSOCK(m) _S_ISSOCK(m)
# else
# ifdef _S_IFSOCK
# define S_ISSOCK(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == _S_IFSOCK)
# else
# ifdef S_IFSOCK
# define S_ISSOCK(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFSOCK)
# endif
# endif
# endif
#endif
#ifdef S_ISSOCK
struct stat st;
if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
if (S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode)) return Qtrue;
#endif
return Qfalse;
}
Returns true if filepath points to a socket, false otherwise:
Example
require 'socket' File.socket?(Socket.new(:INET, :STREAM)) # => true File.socket?(File.new('t.txt')) # => false