Try to activate a gem containing path. Returns true if activation succeeded or wasn’t needed because it was already activated. Returns false if it can’t find the path in a gem.
The mode needed to read a file as straight binary.
Safely read a file in binary mode on all platforms.
Safely write a file in binary mode on all platforms.
Is this a windows platform?
Is this a java platform?
Is this platform Solaris?
Finds the user’s home directory.
The home directory for the user.
The path to standard location of the user’s configuration directory.
The path to standard location of the user’s state file.
The path to standard location of the user’s cache directory.
Default options for gem commands for Ruby implementers.
The options here should be structured as an array of string “gem” command names as keys and a string of the default options as values.
Example:
def self.platform_defaults
{
'install' => '--no-rdoc --no-ri --env-shebang',
'update' => '--no-rdoc --no-ri --env-shebang'
}
end
Copies IO stream src to IO stream dest via IO.copy_stream.
Related: methods for copying.
Copies IO stream src to IO stream dest via IO.copy_stream.
Related: methods for copying.
Returns true if the contents of files a and b are identical, false otherwise.
Arguments a and b should be interpretable as a path.
FileUtils.identical? and FileUtils.cmp are aliases for FileUtils.compare_file.
Related: FileUtils.compare_stream.
Returns true if the contents of files a and b are identical, false otherwise.
Arguments a and b should be interpretable as a path.
FileUtils.identical? and FileUtils.cmp are aliases for FileUtils.compare_file.
Related: FileUtils.compare_stream.
Takes a hash as its argument. The key is a symbol or an array of symbols. These symbols correspond to method names, instance variable names, or constant names (see def_delegator). The value is the accessor to which the methods will be delegated.
Takes a hash as its argument. The key is a symbol or an array of symbols. These symbols correspond to method names. The value is the accessor to which the methods will be delegated.