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instance method

Kernel#dir

() -> ::String?

__dir__ → string

static VALUE
f_current_dirname(VALUE _)
{
    VALUE base = rb_current_realfilepath();
    if (NIL_P(base)) {
        return Qnil;
    }
    base = rb_file_dirname(base);
    return base;
}

Returns the canonicalized absolute path of the directory of the file from which this method is called. It means symlinks in the path is resolved. If __FILE__ is nil, it returns nil. The return value equals to File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__)).

See also #Complex #eval #clone #exec also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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Kernel#__dir__

Kernel#dir