Pathname#ftype

Returns the string type of the object at the path in self, one of:

• 'file'.

• 'directory'.

• 'characterSpecial'.

• 'blockSpecial'.

• 'fifo'.

• 'link'.

• 'socket'.

Examples:

Pathname('/etc/passwd').ftype # => "file"
Pathname('/etc').ftype        # => "directory"
Pathname('/dev/null').ftype   # => "characterSpecial"
Pathname('/dev/loop0').ftype  # => "blockSpecial"

File.mkfifo('/tmp/pipe', 0o666)
Pathname('/tmp/pipe').ftype   # => "fifo"

File.symlink('/etc/passwd', '/tmp/link')
Pathname('/tmp/link').ftype   # => "link"

require 'socket'
UNIXServer.new('/tmp/socket')
Pathname('/tmp/socket').ftype # => "socket"

File.delete('/tmp/link', '/tmp/pipe', '/tmp/socket') # Clean up.

Returns 'unknown' if the type cannot be determined.