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class method

File.socket?

(::string | ::_ToPath | ::IO file_name) -> bool
File.socket?(filepath) → true or false

Returns true if filepath points to a socket, false otherwise:

Example
require 'socket'
File.socket?(Socket.new(:INET, :STREAM)) # => true
File.socket?(File.new('t.txt'))          # => false
See also .size? .split .size .stat also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0