class method

File.split

(::string | ::_ToPath file_name) -> [ ::String, ::String ]

File.split(file_name) → array

static VALUE
rb_file_s_split(VALUE klass, VALUE path)
{
    FilePathStringValue(path);          /* get rid of converting twice */
    return rb_assoc_new(rb_file_dirname(path), rb_file_s_basename(1,&path,Qundef));
}

Splits the given string into a directory and a file component and returns them in a two-element array. See also File::dirname and File::basename.

Example

File.split("/home/gumby/.profile")   #=> ["/home/gumby", ".profile"]

See also .socket? .stat .size? .sticky? also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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