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class method

Dir.getwd

() -> ::String

Dir.pwd → string

static VALUE
dir_s_getwd(VALUE dir)
{
    return rb_dir_getwd();
}

Returns the path to the current working directory:

Example

Dir.chdir("/tmp") # => 0
Dir.pwd           # => "/tmp"

See also .for_fd .glob .foreach .home also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0