Kernel

Creates a new Pathname object from the given string, path, and returns pathname object.

In order to use this constructor, you must first require the Pathname standard library extension.

require 'pathname' Pathname("/home/zzak") #=> #<Pathname:/home/zzak> 

See also Pathname.new for more information.

 static VALUE path_f_pathname(VALUE self, VALUE str) { if (CLASS_OF(str) == rb_cPathname) return str; return rb_class_new_instance(1, &str, rb_cPathname); }