Index:

blockdev? chardev? directory? executable? executable_real? exist? exists? file? grpowned? owned? pipe? readable? readable_real? setgid? setuid? size size? socket? sticky? symlink? writable? writable_real? zero?

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FileTest implements file test operations similar to those used in File::Stat. Returns true if the named file is a block device, false if it isn't or if the operating system doesn't support this feature. Returns true if the named file is a character device, false if it isn't or if the operating system doesn't support this feature. Returns true if this named file is a directory, false otherwise. Returns true if the named file is executable. The tests are made using the effective owner of the process. Same as FileTest#executable? , but tests using the real owner of the process. Returns true if the named file exists. Synonym for FileTest::exist? . Returns true if the named file is a regular file (not a device file, pipe, socket, etc.). Returns true if the effective group id of the process is the same as the group id of the named file. On Windows NT, returns false. Returns true if the effective user id of the process is the same as the owner of the named file. Returns true if the operating system supports pipes and the named file is a pipe, false otherwise. Returns true if the named file is readable by the effective user id of this process. Returns true if the named file is readable by the real user id of this process. Returns true if the named file's set-group-id permission bit is set, and false if it isn't or if the operating system doesn't support this feature. Returns true if the named file's set-user-id permission bit is set, and false if it isn't or if the operating system doesn't support this feature. Returns the size of the named file in bytes. Returns nil if the named file is of zero length; otherwise, returns a nonzero aFixnum. Returns true if the named file is a socket, false if it isn't or if the operating system doesn't support this feature. Returns true if the named file has its sticky bit set, false if it doesn't or if the operating system doesn't support this feature. Returns true if the named file is a symbolic link, false if it isn't or if the operating system doesn't support this feature. Returns true if the named file is writable by the effective user id of this process. Returns true if the named file is writable by the real user id of this process. Returns true if the named file is of zero length, false otherwise.

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Extracted from the book "Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide"
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