Returns the change time for stat (that is, the time directory information about the file was changed, not the file itself).
Note that on Windows (NTFS), returns creation time (birth time).
File.stat("testfile").ctime #=> Wed Apr 09 08:53:14 CDT 2003
Returns the birth time for stat.
If the platform doesn’t have birthtime, raises NotImplementedError.
File.write("testfile", "foo") sleep 10 File.write("testfile", "bar") sleep 10 File.chmod(0644, "testfile") sleep 10 File.read("testfile") File.stat("testfile").birthtime #=> 2014-02-24 11:19:17 +0900 File.stat("testfile").mtime #=> 2014-02-24 11:19:27 +0900 File.stat("testfile").ctime #=> 2014-02-24 11:19:37 +0900 File.stat("testfile").atime #=> 2014-02-24 11:19:47 +0900
Returns true if stat is a zero-length file; false otherwise.
File.stat("testfile").zero? #=> false
Returns true if the file is a character device, false if it isn’t or if the operating system doesn’t support this feature.
File.stat("/dev/tty").chardev? #=> true
Returns true if stat has the set-user-id permission bit set, false if it doesn’t or if the operating system doesn’t support this feature.
File.stat("/bin/su").setuid? #=> true
Returns true if stat has the set-group-id permission bit set, false if it doesn’t or if the operating system doesn’t support this feature.
File.stat("/usr/sbin/lpc").setgid? #=> true
Returns true if stat has its sticky bit set, false if it doesn’t or if the operating system doesn’t support this feature.
File.stat("testfile").sticky? #=> false
Returns true if key is registered
Returns the instruction sequence as a String in human readable form.
puts RubyVM::InstructionSequence.compile('1 + 2').disasm
Produces:
== disasm: <RubyVM::InstructionSequence:<compiled>@<compiled>>========== 0000 trace 1 ( 1) 0002 putobject 1 0004 putobject 2 0006 opt_plus <ic:1> 0008 leave
Returns the path of this instruction sequence.
<compiled> if the iseq was evaluated from a string.
For example, using irb:
iseq = RubyVM::InstructionSequence.compile('num = 1 + 2') #=> <RubyVM::InstructionSequence:<compiled>@<compiled>> iseq.path #=> "<compiled>"
Using ::compile_file:
# /tmp/method.rb
def hello
puts "hello, world"
end
# in irb
> iseq = RubyVM::InstructionSequence.compile_file('/tmp/method.rb')
> iseq.path #=> /tmp/method.rb
Takes body, a Method or Proc object, and returns a String with the human readable instructions for body.
For a Method object:
# /tmp/method.rb def hello puts "hello, world" end puts RubyVM::InstructionSequence.disasm(method(:hello))
Produces:
== disasm: <RubyVM::InstructionSequence:hello@/tmp/method.rb>============ 0000 trace 8 ( 1) 0002 trace 1 ( 2) 0004 putself 0005 putstring "hello, world" 0007 send :puts, 1, nil, 8, <ic:0> 0013 trace 16 ( 3) 0015 leave ( 2)
For a Proc:
# /tmp/proc.rb p = proc { num = 1 + 2 } puts RubyVM::InstructionSequence.disasm(p)
Produces:
== disasm: <RubyVM::InstructionSequence:block in <main>@/tmp/proc.rb>=== == catch table | catch type: redo st: 0000 ed: 0012 sp: 0000 cont: 0000 | catch type: next st: 0000 ed: 0012 sp: 0000 cont: 0012 |------------------------------------------------------------------------ local table (size: 2, argc: 0 [opts: 0, rest: -1, post: 0, block: -1] s1) [ 2] num 0000 trace 1 ( 1) 0002 putobject 1 0004 putobject 2 0006 opt_plus <ic:1> 0008 dup 0009 setlocal num, 0 0012 leave
A list of authors for this gem.
Alternatively, a single author can be specified by assigning a string to ‘spec.author`
Usage:
spec.authors = ['John Jones', 'Mary Smith']
The license for this gem.
The license must be no more than 64 characters.
This should just be the name of your license. The full text of the license should be inside of the gem (at the top level) when you build it.
The simplest way, is to specify the standard SPDX ID spdx.org/licenses/ for the license. Ideally you should pick one that is OSI (Open Source Initiative) opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical approved.
The most commonly used OSI approved licenses are MIT and Apache-2.0. GitHub also provides a license picker at choosealicense.com/.
You should specify a license for your gem so that people know how they are permitted to use it, and any restrictions you’re placing on it. Not specifying a license means all rights are reserved; others have no rights to use the code for any purpose.
You can set multiple licenses with licenses=
Usage:
spec.license = 'MIT'
The license(s) for the library.
Each license must be a short name, no more than 64 characters.
This should just be the name of your license. The full text of the license should be inside of the gem when you build it.
See license= for more discussion
Usage:
spec.licenses = ['MIT', 'GPL-2.0']
Return the directories that Specification uses to find specs.
Set the directories that Specification uses to find specs. Setting this resets the list of known specs.
Reset the list of known specs, running pre and post reset hooks registered in Gem.
Activate this spec, registering it as a loaded spec and adding it’s lib paths to $LOAD_PATH. Returns true if the spec was activated, false if it was previously activated. Freaks out if there are conflicts upon activation.
Sanitize the descriptive fields in the spec. Sometimes non-ASCII characters will garble the site index. Non-ASCII characters will be replaced by their XML entity equivalent.
The list of author names who wrote this gem.
spec.authors = ['Chad Fowler', 'Jim Weirich', 'Rich Kilmer']
Return any possible conflicts against the currently loaded specs.
Singular accessor for licenses
A short summary of this gem’s description.