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instance method

Pathname#readable_real?

() -> bool

readable_real? → true or false

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/pathname_builtin.rb, line 2556
def readable_real?() FileTest.readable_real?(@path) end

Like readable?, but checks against the real user and group ids instead of the effective ids.

See also #readable? #readlines #read #readlink also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0