instance method

Pathname#relative?

() -> bool

relative?

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.0.0/pathname_builtin.rb, line 557
def relative?
  !absolute?
end

It returns false if the pathname begins with a slash.

Example

p = Pathname.new('/im/sure')
p.relative?
    #=> false

p = Pathname.new('not/so/sure')
p.relative?
    #=> true

See also #realpath #relative_path_from #realdirpath #rename also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0