Is there a Ruby class/method where I could pass “a full path”, home/me/a_file.txt, to identify whether it is a valid file path?
Is there a Ruby class/method where I could pass a full path, home/me/a_file.txt ,
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Is there a Ruby class/method where I could pass “a full path”, home/me/a_file.txt, to identify whether it is a valid file path?
Check out Pathname and in particular
Pathname#exist?.File and its FileTest module are perhaps simpler/more direct, but I find
Pathnamea nicer interface in general.