instance method

File::Stat#owned?

() -> bool

stat.owned? → true or false

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

Returns true if the effective user id of the process is the same as the owner of stat.

Example

File.stat("testfile").owned?      #=> true
File.stat("/etc/passwd").owned?   #=> false

See also #nlink #pipe? #mtime #rdev also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0