Documentation for method IO assembled from the following pages:

Class: Distribution::Resource §

From Distribution::Resource

(Distribution::Resource) method IO §

Defined as:

method IO()

Returns the corresponding resource as an IO::Path, which can effectively be used as such.

Role: Dateish §

From Dateish

(Dateish) method IO §

Defined as:

method IO(Dateish:D: --> IO::Path:D)

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:D:)

Alias for .path

Class: IO::Handle §

From IO::Handle

(IO::Handle) method IO §

Defined as:

method IO(IO::Handle:D:)

Alias for .path

Class: IO::Notification::Change §

From IO::Notification::Change

(IO::Notification::Change) method IO §

Returns a handle of the file that's being watched.

Class: IO::Path §

From IO::Path

(IO::Path) method IO §

Defined as:

method IO(IO::Path:D: --> IO::Path)

Returns the invocant.

Class: IO::Pipe §

From IO::Pipe

(IO::Pipe) method IO §

Defined as:

method IO(IO::Pipe: --> IO::Path:U)

Returns an IO::Path type object.

Class: IO::Special §

From IO::Special

(IO::Special) method IO §

method IO(IO::Special:D: --> IO::Special)

Returns the invocant.

say $*IN.path.IO.what;  # OUTPUT: «<STDIN>␤» 
say $*IN.path.what;     # OUTPUT: «<STDIN>␤»

Class: Cool §

From Cool

(Cool) method IO §

Defined as:

method IO(--> IO::Path:D)

Coerces the invocant to IO::Path.

.say for '.'.IO.dir;        # gives a directory listing