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instance method

File::Stat#zero?

stat.zero? → true or false

static VALUE
rb_stat_z(VALUE obj)
{
    if (get_stat(obj)->st_size == 0) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}

Returns true if stat is a zero-length file; false otherwise.

Example

File.stat("testfile").zero?   #=> false

See also #writable_real? #writable? also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0