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class method

File.readable_real?

(::string | ::_ToPath file_name) -> bool
File.readable_real?(file_name) → true or false

Returns true if the named file is readable by the real user and group id of this process. See access(3).

Note that some OS-level security features may cause this to return true even though the file is not readable by the real user/group.

See also .readable? .readlink .pipe? .realdirpath also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0