Class: Pathname

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/sixarm_ruby_pathname_dirnames.rb

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

Instance Method Details

- (Object) dirnames

Return an enumerable of pathnames created by calling #dirname repeatedly. This can be useful for traversing directories upwards to parent, grandparent, etc.

Example:

p = Pathname.new('/foo/goo/hoo.txt')
p.dirnames
#=> ['/foo/goo', '/foo', '/']


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# File 'lib/sixarm_ruby_pathname_dirnames.rb', line 19

def dirnames
  path = self  # start at the current path
  results = []
  while true
    dirname = path.dirname
    break if dirname == path
    results << dirname
    path = dirname
  end
  return results
end