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class method

File.path

(::path path) -> ::String

File.path(path) → string

static VALUE
rb_file_s_path(VALUE klass, VALUE fname)
{
    return rb_get_path(fname);
}

Returns a string representation of the given path:

Example

File.path(File::NULL) # => "/dev/null"
File.path('/tmp')     # => "/tmp"
File.path('../ruby')  # => "../ruby"
File.path($stdin)     # => "<STDIN>"
File.path('nosuch')   # => "nosuch"

See also .owned? .pipe? .open .readable? also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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