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instance method

File::Stat#blocks

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

Returns the number of filesystem blocks allocated for the entry in the snapshot in self:

Example
File.stat('/etc').blocks        # => 24
File.stat('/etc/passwd').blocks # => 8

Returns nil on Windows.

See also #blockdev? #chardev? #blksize #ctime also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0