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instance method

Pathname#root?

() -> bool
root?

Predicate method for root directories. Returns true if the pathname consists of consecutive slashes.

It doesn’t access the filesystem. So it may return false for some pathnames which points to roots such as /usr/...

See also #rmtree #setgid? #rmdir #setuid? also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0