instance method

File#lstat

() -> (::File::Stat | nil)

lstat → stat

static VALUE
rb_file_lstat(VALUE obj)
{
#ifdef HAVE_LSTAT
    rb_io_t *fptr;
    rb_io_stat_data st;
    VALUE path;

    GetOpenFile(obj, fptr);
    if (NIL_P(fptr->pathv)) return Qnil;
    path = rb_str_encode_ospath(fptr->pathv);
    if (lstatx_without_gvl(RSTRING_PTR(path), &st, STATX_ALL) == -1) {
        rb_sys_fail_path(fptr->pathv);
    }
    return rb_statx_new(&st);
#else
    return rb_io_stat(obj);
#endif
}

Like File#stat, but does not follow the last symbolic link; instead, returns a File::Stat object for the link itself:

Example

File.symlink('t.txt', 'symlink')
f = File.new('symlink')
f.stat.size  # => 47
f.lstat.size # => 11

See also .lstat #flock #mtime #ctime also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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