Perl 6 Documentationmethod IO
Documentation for method IO assembled from the following types:
class Cool
From Cool
(Cool) method IO
Defined as:
method IO(--> IO::Path)
Coerces the invocant to IO::Path.
.say for '.'.IO.dir; # gives a directory listing
role Dateish
From Dateish
(Dateish) method IO
Defined as:
method IO(Dateish: --> IO::Path)
Returns an IO::Path object representing the stringified value of the Dateish object:
Date.today.IO.say; # OUTPUT: «"2016-10-03".IO»DateTime.now.IO.say; # OUTPUT: «"2016-10-03T11:14:47.977994-04:00".IO»
PORTABILITY NOTE: some operating systems (e.g. Windows) do not permit colons (:) in filenames, which would be present in IO::Path created from a DateTime object.
class IO::CatHandle
From IO::CatHandle
(IO::CatHandle) method IO
Defined as:
method IO(IO::CatHandle:)
Alias for .path
class IO::Pipe
From IO::Pipe
(IO::Pipe) method IO
Defined as:
method IO(IO::Pipe: --> IO::Path)
Returns an IO::Path type object.
class IO::Special
From IO::Special
(IO::Special) method IO
method IO(IO::Special: --> IO::Special)
Returns the invocant.
say .path.IO.what; # OUTPUT: «<STDIN>»say .path.what; # OUTPUT: «<STDIN>»
class IO::Path
From IO::Path
(IO::Path) method IO
Defined as:
method IO(IO::Path: --> IO::Path)
Returns the invocant.
class IO::Handle
From IO::Handle
(IO::Handle) method IO
Defined as:
method IO(IO::Handle:)
Alias for .path