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<div class="sectiontitle">Methods</div>
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<li><a href="#M000051">/</a></li>
<li><a href="#M000050">[]</a></li>
<li><a href="#M000053">home</a></li>
<li><a href="#M000055">null</a></li>
<li><a href="#M000052">root</a></li>
<li><a href="#M000056">rootname</a></li>
<li><a href="#M000054">work</a></li>
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<a name="M000051"></a><b>/</b>(path)
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Active path separator.
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p1 = Pathname.new('/')
p2 = p1 / 'usr' / 'share' #=> Pathname:/usr/share
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<span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/lore/facets/pathname.rb, line 43</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-operator">/</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>)
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
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<a name="M000050"></a><b>[]</b>(path)
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Alternate to Pathname#new.
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Pathname['/usr/share']
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<span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/lore/facets/pathname.rb, line 34</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-operator">[]</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>)
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
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<a name="M000053"></a><b>home</b>()
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Home constant for building paths from <a
href="Pathname.html#M000052">root</a> directory onward.
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TODO: <a href="Pathname.html#M000053">Pathname#home</a> needs to be more
robust.
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<span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/lore/facets/pathname.rb, line 56</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">home</span>
<span class="ruby-constant">Pathname</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">'~'</span>)
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
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<a name="M000055"></a><b>null</b>()
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Platform dependent <a href="Pathname.html#M000055">null</a> device.
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<span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/lore/facets/pathname.rb, line 73</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">null</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">case</span> <span class="ruby-constant">RUBY_PLATFORM</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp re">/mswin/i</span>
<span class="ruby-value str">'NUL'</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp re">/amiga/i</span>
<span class="ruby-value str">'NIL:'</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">when</span> <span class="ruby-regexp re">/openvms/i</span>
<span class="ruby-value str">'NL:'</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
<span class="ruby-value str">'/dev/null'</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
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<a name="M000052"></a><b>root</b>()
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Root constant for building paths from <a
href="Pathname.html#M000052">root</a> directory onward.
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<span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/lore/facets/pathname.rb, line 48</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">root</span>
<span class="ruby-constant">Pathname</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">'/'</span>)
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
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<a name="M000054"></a><b>work</b>()
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Work constant for building paths from <a
href="Pathname.html#M000052">root</a> directory onward.
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<span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/lore/facets/pathname.rb, line 62</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">work</span>
<span class="ruby-constant">Pathname</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">'.'</span>)
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
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<a name="M000056"></a><b>rootname</b>()
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<span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/lore/facets/pathname.rb, line 87</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">rootname</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">class</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>(<span class="ruby-constant">File</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">rootname</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">to_s</span>))
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
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