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instance method

File::Stat#blocks

() -> ::Integer?
stat.blocks → integer or nil

Returns the number of native file system blocks allocated for this file, or nil if the operating system doesn’t support this feature.

Example
File.stat("testfile").blocks   #=> 2
See also #blockdev? #chardev? #blksize #ctime also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0