Ruby Programming/Standard Library/Pathname

= Pathname = ...
 * 1) Pathname represents a pathname which locates a file in a filesystem.
 * 1) It does not represent the file itself.
 * 2) A Pathname can be relative or absolute.  It's not until you try to
 * 3) reference the file that it even matters whether the file exists or not.


 * 1) The value of this class is to manipulate file path information in a neater
 * 2) way than standard Ruby provides.  The examples below demonstrate the
 * 3) difference.  *All* functionality from File, FileTest, and some from Dir and
 * 4) FileUtils is included, in an unsurprising way.  It is essentially a facade for
 * 5) all of these, and more.

To use it:

require 'pathname'