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instance method

File#mtime

file.mtime → time

Returns the modification time for file.

Example
File.new("testfile").mtime   #=> Wed Apr 09 08:53:14 CDT 2003
See also .mtime #lstat #size #flock also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0