# class `Files.DirRef`

A DirRef is a platform-independent representation of an existing directory. DirRef objects are immutable.

See also: FileRef

## Constructor

DirRef(path = string)
  Constructs a DirRef from a full pathname.
  Only the absolute pathname of an existing directory should be used. The effect of a relative or nonexistent pathname, or the pathname of something which is not a directory, is undefined.

## Properties

path
  Read only. The full pathname of the directory.

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