class File

Superclass hierarchy

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Constant Summary

• SEPARATOR = '/'

  The file/directory separator character. '/' in unix, '\\' in windows.

• SEPARATOR_STRING = "/"

  The file/directory separator string. "/" in unix, "\\" in windows.

Class Method Summary

• .basename(filename, suffix)
• .basename(filename)
• .delete(filename)
• .directory?(path)
• .dirname(filename)
• .each_line(filename, &block)
• .exists?(filename)
• .expand_path(path, dir = nil)
• .extname(filename)
• .file?(path)
• .join(parts : Array | Tuple)

  Returns a new string formed by joining the strings using File::SEPARATOR.

• .join(*parts)

  Returns a new string formed by joining the strings using File::SEPARATOR.

• .link(old_path, new_path)

  Creates a new link (also known as a hard link) to an existing file.

• .lstat(path)
• .open(filename, mode = "r", &block)
• .open(filename, mode = "r")
• .read(filename)
• .read_lines(filename)
• .rename(old_filename, new_filename)
• .size(filename)
• .stat(path)
• .symlink(old_path, new_path)

  Creates a symbolic link to an existing file.

• .symlink?(filename)

  Returns true if the pointed file is a symlink.

• .write(filename, content)
• .new(filename, mode = "r")

Instance Method Summary

• #path
• #size
• #to_s(io)

Class Method Detail

File.join("foo", "bar", "baz") #=> "foo/bar/baz"
File.join("foo/", "/bar/", "/baz") #=> "foo/bar/baz"
File.join("/foo/", "/bar/", "/baz/") #=> "/foo/bar/baz/"

File.join("foo", "bar", "baz") #=> "foo/bar/baz"
File.join("foo/", "/bar/", "/baz") #=> "foo/bar/baz"
File.join("/foo/", "/bar/", "/baz/") #=> "/foo/bar/baz/"

Instance Method Detail