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class method

File.atime

File.atime(file_name) → time

Returns the last access time for the named file as a Time object.

file_name can be an IO object.

Example
File.atime("testfile")   #=> Wed Apr 09 08:51:48 CDT 2003
See also #atime .absolute_path? .basename .absolute_path also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0