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instance method

File::Stat#size

() -> ::Integer

size → integer

static VALUE
rb_stat_size(VALUE self)
{
    return OFFT2NUM(get_stat(self)->ST_(size));
}

Returns the size of self in bytes:

Example

File.stat('doc/maintainers.md').size # => 14900  # Regular file.
File.stat('doc/syntax/').size        # => 4096   # Directory.
# When the file size changes.
path = '/tmp/t.tmp'
file = File.new(path, 'w+')
file.write('foo')
stat = File.stat(path) # Take snapshot.
stat.size              # => 3
file.write('bar')      # Change file size.
file.size              # => 6
stat.size              # => 3  # Snapshot unchanged.
stat = File.stat(path) # Fresh snapshot.
stat.size              # => 6  # Shapshot different.
# Clean up.
file.close
File.delete(path)

See also #size? #setuid? #setgid? #socket? also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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