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instance method

IO#to_path

to_path

static VALUE
rb_io_path(VALUE io)
{
    rb_io_t *fptr = RFILE(io)->fptr;

    if (!fptr)
        return Qnil;

    return rb_obj_dup(fptr->pathv);
}

Alias of #path

Returns the path associated with the IO, or nil if there is no path associated with the IO. It is not guaranteed that the path exists on the filesystem.

Example

$stdin.path # => "<STDIN>"

File.open("testfile") {|f| f.path} # => "testfile"

See also #path #to_io #tty? #to_i also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3

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