instance method

File::Stat#blockdev?

() -> bool

stat.blockdev? → true or false

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

#endif
    return Qfalse;
}

Returns true if the file is a block device, false if it isn’t or if the operating system doesn’t support this feature.

Example

File.stat("testfile").blockdev?    #=> false
File.stat("/dev/hda1").blockdev?   #=> true

See also #blksize #blocks #birthtime #chardev? also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0