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class method

File.stat

File.stat(file_name) → stat

Returns a File::Stat object for the named file (see File::Stat).

Example
File.stat("testfile").mtime   #=> Tue Apr 08 12:58:04 CDT 2003
See also .split .sticky? .socket? .symlink also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0