Method: File#path

Defined in:
file.c

#path ⇒ Object #to_path ⇒ Object

Returns the pathname used to create file as a string. Does not normalize the name.

File.new("testfile").path               #=> "testfile"
File.new("/tmp/../tmp/xxx", "w").path   #=> "/tmp/../tmp/xxx"



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# File 'file.c', line 345

static VALUE
rb_file_path(VALUE obj)
{
    rb_io_t *fptr;

    fptr = RFILE(rb_io_taint_check(obj))->fptr;
    rb_io_check_initialized(fptr);
    if (NIL_P(fptr->pathv)) return Qnil;
    return rb_obj_taint(rb_str_dup(fptr->pathv));
}