new

/*
 * call-seq:
 *
 *   File::Stat.new(file_name)  => stat
 *
 * Create a File::Stat object for the given file name (raising an
 * exception if the file doesn't exist).
 */

static VALUE
rb_stat_init(obj, fname)
    VALUE obj, fname;
{
    struct stat st, *nst;

    SafeStringValue(fname);

    if (stat(StringValueCStr(fname), &st) == -1) {
        rb_sys_fail(RSTRING(fname)->ptr);
    }
    if (DATA_PTR(obj)) {
        free(DATA_PTR(obj));
        DATA_PTR(obj) = NULL;
    }
    nst = ALLOC(struct stat);
    *nst = st;
    DATA_PTR(obj) = nst;

    return Qnil;
}