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class method

FileUtils.pwd

() -> ::String
pwd

Returns a string containing the path to the current directory:

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

Related: FileUtils.cd.

See also #pwd .options_of .remove .options also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0