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instance method

File#size

() -> ::Integer

size → integer

static VALUE
file_size(VALUE self)
{
    return OFFT2NUM(rb_file_size(self));
}

Returns the size of self in bytes:

Example

File.new('doc/maintainers.md').size # => 14900  # Regular file.
File.new('doc/syntax/').size        # => 4096   # Directory.

See also .size .size? #mtime #truncate also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0