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instance method

Pathname#readable?

() -> bool

readable? → true or false

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/pathname_builtin.rb, line 2524
def readable?() FileTest.readable?(@path) end

Returns whether the entry at the path in self exists and is readable by the owner and group of the current process; see Permissions:

Example

pn = Pathname('/tmp/secret.txt')
pn.write('foo')
pn.readable?                 # => true
pn.chmod(0o000)
pn.readable?                 # => false
pn.delete                    # Clean up.
Pathname('nosuch').readable? # => false

See also #read #readable_real? #pipe? #readlines also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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