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instance method

File::Stat#socket?

() -> bool

socket? → true or false

static VALUE
rb_stat_S(VALUE obj)
{
#ifdef S_ISSOCK
    if (S_ISSOCK(get_stat(obj)->ST_(mode))) return Qtrue;

#endif
    return Qfalse;
}

Returns whether entry in self is a socket:

Example

sock_path = '/tmp/socket'
server = UNIXServer.new(sock_path)
stat = File.stat(sock_path)
stat.socket?           # => true
File.delete(sock_path) # Clean up.
stat.socket?           # => true
file_path = '/etc/passwd'
File.exist?(file_path) # => true  # Snapshot not updated.
stat = File.stat(file_path)
stat.socket?           # => false

See also #size? #sticky? #size #symlink? also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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