require 'pathname' describe "Pathname#parent" do it "has parent of root as root" do Pathname.new('/').parent.to_s.should == '/' end it "has parent of /usr/ as root" do Pathname.new('/usr/').parent.to_s.should == '/' end it "has parent of /usr/local as root" do Pathname.new('/usr/local').parent.to_s.should == '/usr' end end