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# Dir

The Dir object represents the name of a local directory:

```ruby
Dir("/my/path")
```

Alternatively:

```ruby
%d(/my/path)
%d(/my)+%d(path)
```

See the [DirHandle](/sidef-lang/syntax_and_semantics/literals/dirhandle.md) documentation for more information.