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mtime

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mtime() public

Returns the modification time for file.

   File.new("testfile").mtime   #=> Wed Apr 09 08:53:14 CDT 2003

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     file.mtime -> time
 *  
 *  Returns the modification time for <i>file</i>.
 *     
 *     File.new("testfile").mtime   #=> Wed Apr 09 08:53:14 CDT 2003
 *     
 */

static VALUE
rb_file_mtime(obj)
    VALUE obj;
{
    OpenFile *fptr;
    struct stat st;

    GetOpenFile(obj, fptr);
    if (fstat(fileno(fptr->f), &st) == -1) {
        rb_sys_fail(fptr->path);
    }
    return rb_time_new(st.st_mtime, 0);
}

mtime

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