class method

File.readlink

(::string | ::_ToPath link_name) -> ::String

File.readlink(link_name) → file_name

static VALUE
rb_file_s_readlink(VALUE klass, VALUE path)
{
    return rb_readlink(path, rb_filesystem_encoding());
}

Returns the name of the file referenced by the given link. Not available on all platforms.

Example

File.symlink("testfile", "link2test")   #=> 0
File.readlink("link2test")              #=> "testfile"

See also .readable_real? .realdirpath .readable? .realpath also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0