Class: IO
| Relationships & Source Files | |
| Inherits: | Object | 
| Defined in: | ext/etc/etc.c | 
Instance Method Summary
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      #pathconf(name)  ⇒ Integer 
    
    Returns pathname configuration variable using fpathconf(). 
Instance Method Details
    #pathconf(name)  ⇒ Integer   
Returns pathname configuration variable using fpathconf().
name should be a constant under ::Etc which begins with PC_.
The return value is an integer or nil. nil means indefinite limit. (fpathconf() returns -1 but errno is not set.)
require 'etc'
IO.pipe {|r, w|
  p w.pathconf(Etc::PC_PIPE_BUF) #=> 4096
}# File 'ext/etc/etc.c', line 997
static VALUE
io_pathconf(VALUE io, VALUE arg)
{
    int name;
    long ret;
    name = NUM2INT(arg);
    errno = 0;
    ret = fpathconf(rb_io_descriptor(io), name);
    if (ret == -1) {
        if (errno == 0) /* no limit */
            return Qnil;
        rb_sys_fail("fpathconf");
    }
    return LONG2NUM(ret);
}