File.lstat

(::string | ::_ToPath file_name) -> ::File::Stat

File.lstat(filepath) → stat

static VALUE
rb_file_s_lstat(VALUE klass, VALUE fname)
{
#ifdef HAVE_LSTAT
    struct stat st;

    FilePathValue(fname);
    fname = rb_str_encode_ospath(fname);
    if (lstat_without_gvl(StringValueCStr(fname), &st) == -1) {
        rb_sys_fail_path(fname);
    }
    return rb_stat_new(&st);
#else
    return rb_file_s_stat(klass, fname);
#endif
}

Like File::stat, but does not follow the last symbolic link; instead, returns a File::Stat object for the link itself.

Example

File.symlink('t.txt', 'symlink')
File.stat('symlink').size  # => 47
File.lstat('symlink').size # => 5

See also #lstat .link .lutime .lchown also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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