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instance method

Pathname#pipe?

() -> bool

pipe? → true or false

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/pathname_builtin.rb, line 2452
def pipe?() FileTest.pipe?(@path) end

Returns whether the entry at the path in self is a pipe:

Example

Pathname('.').pipe? # => false
path = '/tmp/foo'
File.mkfifo(path)
pn = Pathname(path) # => #<Pathname:/tmp/foo>
pn.pipe?            # => true
pn.delete           # Clean up.

See also #parent #read #owned? #readable? also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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