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class method
File.exist?
(::string | ::_ToPath | ::IO file_name) -> bool
File.exist?(file_name) → true or false
file.c
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static VALUE
rb_file_exist_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
struct stat st;
if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
return Qtrue;
}
Return true if the named file exists.
file_name can be an IO object.
“file exists” means that stat() or fstat() system call is successful.
See also
.executable_real?
.expand_path
.executable?
.extname
also in
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