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instance method

Pathname#absolute?

absolute?

Predicate method for testing whether a path is absolute.

It returns true if the pathname begins with a slash.

Example
p = Pathname.new('/im/sure')
p.absolute?
    #=> true

p = Pathname.new('not/so/sure')
p.absolute?
    #=> false
See also #=== #ascend #== #atime also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0