class method
File.lstat
(::string | ::_ToPath file_name) -> ::File::Stat
File.lstat(filepath) → stat
file.c
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static VALUE
rb_file_s_lstat(VALUE klass, VALUE fname)
{
#ifdef HAVE_LSTAT
rb_io_stat_data st;
FilePathValue(fname);
fname = rb_str_encode_ospath(fname);
if (lstatx_without_gvl(StringValueCStr(fname), &st, STATX_ALL) == -1) {
rb_sys_fail_path(fname);
}
return rb_statx_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