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class method

FileUtils.getwd

getwd

Alias of .pwd

Returns a string containing the path to the current directory:

Example
FileUtils.pwd # => "/rdoc/fileutils"

FileUtils.getwd is an alias for FileUtils.pwd.

Related: FileUtils.cd.

See also .pwd #getwd .cp_r .have_option? also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0