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instance method

Pathname#relative?

() -> bool

relative? → true or false

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/pathname_builtin.rb, line 754
def relative?
  !absolute?
end

Returns whether self contains a relative path:

Example

Pathname('lib').relative?   # => true
Pathname('/home').relative? # => false

The result is OS-dependent for some paths:

Example

Pathname('C:/').relative?   # => false # On Windows.
Pathname('C:/').relative?   # => true  # Elsewhere.

See also #realpath #relative_path_from #realdirpath #rename also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0