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instance method

Pathname#dirname

() -> ::Pathname

dirname → new_pathname

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/pathname_builtin.rb, line 2105
def dirname() self.class.new(File.dirname(@path)) end

Returns a new pathname whose path is all but the last component of the path in self:

Example

Pathname('/usr/lib/linux').basename # => #<Pathname:linux>
Pathname('/usr').basename           # => #<Pathname:usr>
Pathname('/').basename              # => #<Pathname:/>
Pathname('lib/').basename           # => #<Pathname:lib>
Pathname('nosuch').basename         # => #<Pathname:nosuch>

Components are delimited by File::SEPARATOR and, if non-nil, File::ALT_SEPARATOR.

See also #directory? #each_child #descend #each_entry also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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