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ctime

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ctime() public

Returns the change time for file (that is, the time directory information about the file was changed, not the file itself).

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

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     file.ctime -> time
 *  
 *  Returns the change time for <i>file</i> (that is, the time directory
 *  information about the file was changed, not the file itself).
 *     
 *     File.new("testfile").ctime   #=> Wed Apr 09 08:53:14 CDT 2003
 *     
 */

static VALUE
rb_file_ctime(obj)
    VALUE obj;
{
    rb_io_t *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_ctime, 0);
}

ctime

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