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ctime

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ctime(p1) public

Returns the change time for the named file (the time at which directory information about the file was changed, not the file itself).

   File.ctime("testfile")   #=> Wed Apr 09 08:53:13 CDT 2003

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     File.ctime(file_name)  => time
 *  
 *  Returns the change time for the named file (the time at which
 *  directory information about the file was changed, not the file
 *  itself).
 *     
 *     File.ctime("testfile")   #=> Wed Apr 09 08:53:13 CDT 2003
 *     
 */

static VALUE
rb_file_s_ctime(klass, fname)
    VALUE klass, fname;
{
    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0)
        rb_sys_fail(RSTRING(fname)->ptr);
    return rb_time_new(st.st_ctime, 0);
}

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