Returns the modification time for the named file as a Time object.
file_name can be an IO object.
File.mtime("testfile") #=> Tue Apr 08 12:58:04 CDT 2003
Returns the birth time for the named file.
file_name can be an IO object.
File.birthtime("testfile") #=> Wed Apr 09 08:53:13 CDT 2003
If the platform doesn’t have birthtime, raises NotImplementedError.
Sets the access and modification times of each named file to the first two arguments. If a file is a symlink, this method acts upon its referent rather than the link itself; for the inverse behavior see File.lutime. Returns the number of file names in the argument list.
Sets the access and modification times of each named file to the first two arguments. If a file is a symlink, this method acts upon the link itself as opposed to its referent; for the inverse behavior, see File.utime. Returns the number of file names in the argument list.
Deletes the named files, returning the number of names passed as arguments. Raises an exception on any error. Since the underlying implementation relies on the unlink(2) system call, the type of exception raised depends on its error type (see linux.die.net/man/2/unlink) and has the form of e.g. Errno::ENOENT.
See also Dir::rmdir.
Returns the last access time (a Time object) for file, or epoch if file has not been accessed.
File.new("testfile").atime #=> Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 CST 1969
Returns the modification time for file.
File.new("testfile").mtime #=> Wed Apr 09 08:53:14 CDT 2003
Returns the birth time for file.
File.new("testfile").birthtime #=> Wed Apr 09 08:53:14 CDT 2003
If the platform doesn’t have birthtime, raises NotImplementedError.
With string object given, returns true if path is a string path leading to a directory, or to a symbolic link to a directory; false otherwise:
File.directory?('.') # => true File.directory?('foo') # => false File.symlink('.', 'dirlink') # => 0 File.directory?('dirlink') # => true File.symlink('t,txt', 'filelink') # => 0 File.directory?('filelink') # => false
Argument path can be an IO object.
Returns true if the named files are identical.
file_1 and file_2 can be an IO object.
open("a", "w") {} p File.identical?("a", "a") #=> true p File.identical?("a", "./a") #=> true File.link("a", "b") p File.identical?("a", "b") #=> true File.symlink("a", "c") p File.identical?("a", "c") #=> true open("d", "w") {} p File.identical?("a", "d") #=> false
Returns a string which represents the encoding for programmers.
Encoding::UTF_8.inspect #=> "#<Encoding:UTF-8>" Encoding::ISO_2022_JP.inspect #=> "#<Encoding:ISO-2022-JP (dummy)>"
Creates a printable version of e.
Returns a string containing a human-readable representation of obj. The default inspect shows the object’s class name, an encoding of its memory address, and a list of the instance variables and their values (by calling inspect on each of them). User defined classes should override this method to provide a better representation of obj. When overriding this method, it should return a string whose encoding is compatible with the default external encoding.
[ 1, 2, 3..4, 'five' ].inspect #=> "[1, 2, 3..4, \"five\"]" Time.new.inspect #=> "2008-03-08 19:43:39 +0900" class Foo end Foo.new.inspect #=> "#<Foo:0x0300c868>" class Bar def initialize @bar = 1 end end Bar.new.inspect #=> "#<Bar:0x0300c868 @bar=1>"
Returns a string representation of self:
x = RuntimeError.new('Boom') x.inspect # => "#<RuntimeError: Boom>" x = RuntimeError.new x.inspect # => "#<RuntimeError: RuntimeError>"
Returns a hash of values parsed from string according to the given format:
Date._strptime('2001-02-03', '%Y-%m-%d') # => {:year=>2001, :mon=>2, :mday=>3}
For other formats, see Formats for Dates and Times. (Unlike Date.strftime, does not support flags and width.)
See also strptime(3).
Related: Date.strptime (returns a Date object).
Returns a new Date object with values parsed from string, according to the given format:
Date.strptime('2001-02-03', '%Y-%m-%d') # => #<Date: 2001-02-03> Date.strptime('03-02-2001', '%d-%m-%Y') # => #<Date: 2001-02-03> Date.strptime('2001-034', '%Y-%j') # => #<Date: 2001-02-03> Date.strptime('2001-W05-6', '%G-W%V-%u') # => #<Date: 2001-02-03> Date.strptime('2001 04 6', '%Y %U %w') # => #<Date: 2001-02-03> Date.strptime('2001 05 6', '%Y %W %u') # => #<Date: 2001-02-03> Date.strptime('sat3feb01', '%a%d%b%y') # => #<Date: 2001-02-03>
For other formats, see Formats for Dates and Times. (Unlike Date.strftime, does not support flags and width.)
See argument start.
See also strptime(3).
Related: Date._strptime (returns a hash).
Returns true if self is a Sunday, false otherwise.
Returns a string representation of self:
Date.new(2001, 2, 3).inspect # => "#<Date: 2001-02-03 ((2451944j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>"
Returns a string representation of the date in self, formatted according the given format:
Date.new(2001, 2, 3).strftime # => "2001-02-03"
For other formats, see Formats for Dates and Times.
Parses the given representation of date and time with the given template, and returns a hash of parsed elements. _strptime does not support specification of flags and width unlike strftime.
See also strptime(3) and strftime.
Parses the given representation of date and time with the given template, and creates a DateTime object. strptime does not support specification of flags and width unlike strftime.
DateTime.strptime('2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00', '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z') #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00 ...> DateTime.strptime('03-02-2001 04:05:06 PM', '%d-%m-%Y %I:%M:%S %p') #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T16:05:06+00:00 ...> DateTime.strptime('2001-W05-6T04:05:06+07:00', '%G-W%V-%uT%H:%M:%S%z') #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00 ...> DateTime.strptime('2001 04 6 04 05 06 +7', '%Y %U %w %H %M %S %z') #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00 ...> DateTime.strptime('2001 05 6 04 05 06 +7', '%Y %W %u %H %M %S %z') #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00 ...> DateTime.strptime('-1', '%s') #=> #<DateTime: 1969-12-31T23:59:59+00:00 ...> DateTime.strptime('-1000', '%Q') #=> #<DateTime: 1969-12-31T23:59:59+00:00 ...> DateTime.strptime('sat3feb014pm+7', '%a%d%b%y%H%p%z') #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T16:00:00+07:00 ...>
See also strptime(3) and strftime.
Returns a string representation of self, formatted according the given +format:
DateTime.now.strftime # => "2022-07-01T11:03:19-05:00"
For other formats, see Formats for Dates and Times: