Method: Pathname#ascend

Defined in:
lib/pathname.rb

#ascend {|_self| ... } ⇒ Object

Iterates over and yields a new Pathname object for each element in the given path in ascending order.

Pathname.new('/path/to/some/file.rb').ascend {|v| p v}
   #<Pathname:/path/to/some/file.rb>
   #<Pathname:/path/to/some>
   #<Pathname:/path/to>
   #<Pathname:/path>
   #<Pathname:/>

Pathname.new('path/to/some/file.rb').ascend {|v| p v}
   #<Pathname:path/to/some/file.rb>
   #<Pathname:path/to/some>
   #<Pathname:path/to>
   #<Pathname:path>

It doesn’t access the filesystem.

Yields:

  • (_self)

Yield Parameters:

  • _self (Pathname) —

    the object that the method was called on



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# File 'lib/pathname.rb', line 313

def ascend
  path = @path
  yield self
  while r = chop_basename(path)
    path, = r
    break if path.empty?
    yield self.class.new(del_trailing_separator(path))
  end
end