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instance method
Pathname#chardev?
() -> bool
chardev? => true or false
pathname_builtin.rb
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# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/pathname_builtin.rb, line 2303
def chardev?() FileTest.chardev?(@path) end
Returns whether self represents a path to a character device (i.e., a sequential-access device):
Example
Pathname('/dev/tty').chardev? # => true Pathname('/dev/null').chardev? # => true Pathname('/dev/nvme0n1').chardev? # => false Pathname('/dev/loop0').chardev? # => false Pathname($stdin).chardev? # => false Pathname('nosuch').chardev? # => false
The returned value is filesystem-dependent; on Windows, always false.