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instance method

File::Stat#owned?

() -> bool

owned? → true or false

static VALUE
rb_stat_owned(VALUE obj)
{
    if (get_stat(obj)->ST_(uid) == geteuid()) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}

Returns whether self represents a filesystem entry that, at the time self was created, existed and was owned by the user of the current process; see Snapshot:

Example

filepath = 'doc/t.tmp'
File.write(filepath, 'foo')
filestat = File.stat(filepath)
filestat.owned?          # => true
File.delete(filepath)
filestat.owned?          # => true  # Snapshot unchanged.
dirpath = 'doc/tmp'
Dir.mkdir(dirpath)
dirstat = File.stat(dirpath)
dirstat.owned?           # => true
Dir.rmdir(dirpath)
dirstat.owned?           # => true  # Snapshot unchanged.
File.stat('/etc').owned? # => false

See also #nlink #pipe? #mtime #rdev also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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