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instance method

File::Stat#writable_real?

stat.writable_real? → true or false

Returns true if stat is writable by the real user id of this process.

Example
File.stat("testfile").writable_real?   #=> true
See also #writable? #zero? #world_writable? also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0