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instance method
File::Stat#dev_major
() -> ::Integer?
dev_major → integer
file.c
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static VALUE
rb_stat_dev_major(VALUE self)
{
#if RUBY_USE_STATX
return UINT2NUM(get_stat(self)->stx_dev_major);
#elif defined(major)
return UINT2NUM(major(get_stat(self)->st_dev));
#else
return Qnil;
#endif
}
Returns nil on Windows.
On other systems, returns the major part of the device number for the snapshot in self:
Example
File.stat('/etc').dev_major # => 259 File.stat('/dev').dev_major # => 0