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class method

Pathname.pwd

() -> ::Pathname
pwd

Alias of .getwd

Returns a new Pathname object containing the path to the current working directory (equivalent to Pathname.new(Dir.getwd)):

Example
Pathname.getwd # => #<Pathname:/home>
See also .getwd .new #+ .mktmpdir also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0