In Files

FileTest

FileTest implements file test operations similar to those used in File::Stat. It exists as a standalone module, and its methods are also insinuated into the File class. (Note that this is not done by inclusion: the interpreter cheats).

Public Instance Methods

blockdev?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file is a block device.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_blockdev_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
#ifndef S_ISBLK
#   ifdef S_IFBLK
#       define S_ISBLK(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFBLK)
#   else
#       define S_ISBLK(m) (0)  /* anytime false */
#   endif
#endif

#ifdef S_ISBLK
    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
    if (S_ISBLK(st.st_mode)) return Qtrue;

#endif
    return Qfalse;
}
chardev?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file is a character device.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_chardev_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
#ifndef S_ISCHR
#   define S_ISCHR(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFCHR)
#endif

    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
    if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode)) return Qtrue;

    return Qfalse;
}
directory?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file is a directory, or a symlink that points at a directory, and false otherwise.

File.directory?(".")
 
               VALUE
rb_file_directory_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
#ifndef S_ISDIR
#   define S_ISDIR(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
#endif

    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}
executable?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file is executable by the effective user id of this process.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_executable_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    rb_secure(2);
    FilePathValue(fname);
    fname = rb_str_encode_ospath(fname);
    if (eaccess(StringValueCStr(fname), X_OK) < 0) return Qfalse;
    return Qtrue;
}
executable_real?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file is executable by the real user id of this process.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_executable_real_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    rb_secure(2);
    FilePathValue(fname);
    fname = rb_str_encode_ospath(fname);
    if (access_internal(StringValueCStr(fname), X_OK) < 0) return Qfalse;
    return Qtrue;
}
exist?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source
exists?(file_name) → true or false

Returns true if the named file is a directory, false otherwise.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_exist_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
    return Qtrue;
}
exist?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source
exists?(file_name) → true or false

Return true if the named file exists.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_exist_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
    return Qtrue;
}
file?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file exists and is a regular file.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_file_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
    if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}
grpowned?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file exists and the effective group id of the calling process is the owner of the file. Returns false on Windows.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_grpowned_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
#ifndef _WIN32
    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
    if (rb_group_member(st.st_gid)) return Qtrue;
#endif
    return Qfalse;
}
identical?(file_1, file_2) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named files are identical.

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

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_identical_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname1, VALUE fname2)
{
#ifndef DOSISH
    struct stat st1, st2;

    if (rb_stat(fname1, &st1) < 0) return Qfalse;
    if (rb_stat(fname2, &st2) < 0) return Qfalse;
    if (st1.st_dev != st2.st_dev) return Qfalse;
    if (st1.st_ino != st2.st_ino) return Qfalse;
#else
# ifdef _WIN32
    BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION st1, st2;
    HANDLE f1 = 0, f2 = 0;
# endif

    rb_secure(2);
# ifdef _WIN32
    f1 = w32_io_info(&fname1, &st1);
    if (f1 == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) return Qfalse;
    f2 = w32_io_info(&fname2, &st2);
    if (f1) CloseHandle(f1);
    if (f2 == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) return Qfalse;
    if (f2) CloseHandle(f2);

    if (st1.dwVolumeSerialNumber == st2.dwVolumeSerialNumber &&
        st1.nFileIndexHigh == st2.nFileIndexHigh &&
        st1.nFileIndexLow == st2.nFileIndexLow)
        return Qtrue;
    if (!f1 || !f2) return Qfalse;
    if (rb_w32_iswin95()) return Qfalse;
# else
    FilePathValue(fname1);
    fname1 = rb_str_new4(fname1);
    fname1 = rb_str_encode_ospath(fname1);
    FilePathValue(fname2);
    fname2 = rb_str_encode_ospath(fname2);
    if (access(RSTRING_PTR(fname1), 0)) return Qfalse;
    if (access(RSTRING_PTR(fname2), 0)) return Qfalse;
# endif
    fname1 = rb_file_expand_path(fname1, Qnil);
    fname2 = rb_file_expand_path(fname2, Qnil);
    if (RSTRING_LEN(fname1) != RSTRING_LEN(fname2)) return Qfalse;
    if (rb_memcicmp(RSTRING_PTR(fname1), RSTRING_PTR(fname2), RSTRING_LEN(fname1)))
        return Qfalse;
#endif
    return Qtrue;
}
owned?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file exists and the effective used id of the calling process is the owner of the file.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_owned_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
    if (st.st_uid == geteuid()) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}
pipe?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file is a pipe.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_pipe_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
#ifdef S_IFIFO
#  ifndef S_ISFIFO
#    define S_ISFIFO(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFIFO)
#  endif

    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
    if (S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode)) return Qtrue;

#endif
    return Qfalse;
}
readable?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file is readable by the effective user id of this process.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_readable_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    rb_secure(2);
    FilePathValue(fname);
    fname = rb_str_encode_ospath(fname);
    if (eaccess(StringValueCStr(fname), R_OK) < 0) return Qfalse;
    return Qtrue;
}
readable_real?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file is readable by the real user id of this process.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_readable_real_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    rb_secure(2);
    FilePathValue(fname);
    fname = rb_str_encode_ospath(fname);
    if (access_internal(StringValueCStr(fname), R_OK) < 0) return Qfalse;
    return Qtrue;
}
setgid?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file has the setgid bit set.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_sgid_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
#ifdef S_ISGID
    return check3rdbyte(fname, S_ISGID);
#else
    return Qfalse;
#endif
}
setuid?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file has the setuid bit set.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_suid_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
#ifdef S_ISUID
    return check3rdbyte(fname, S_ISUID);
#else
    return Qfalse;
#endif
}
size(file_name) → integer click to toggle source

Returns the size of file_name.

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

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) {
        FilePathValue(fname);
        rb_sys_fail_path(fname);
    }
    return OFFT2NUM(st.st_size);
}
size?(file_name) → Integer or nil click to toggle source

Returns nil if file_name doesn’t exist or has zero size, the size of the file otherwise.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_size_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qnil;
    if (st.st_size == 0) return Qnil;
    return OFFT2NUM(st.st_size);
}
socket?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file is a socket.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_socket_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
#ifndef S_ISSOCK
#  ifdef _S_ISSOCK
#    define S_ISSOCK(m) _S_ISSOCK(m)
#  else
#    ifdef _S_IFSOCK
#      define S_ISSOCK(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == _S_IFSOCK)
#    else
#      ifdef S_IFSOCK
#        define S_ISSOCK(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFSOCK)
#      endif
#    endif
#  endif
#endif

#ifdef S_ISSOCK
    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
    if (S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode)) return Qtrue;

#endif
    return Qfalse;
}
sticky?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file has the sticky bit set.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_sticky_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
#ifdef S_ISVTX
    return check3rdbyte(fname, S_ISVTX);
#else
    return Qnil;
#endif
}
symlink?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file is a symbolic link.

world_readable?(file_name) → fixnum or nil click to toggle source

If file_name is readable by others, returns an integer representing the file permission bits of file_name. Returns nil otherwise. The meaning of the bits is platform dependent; on Unix systems, see stat(2).

File.world_readable?("/etc/passwd")           #=> 420
m = File.world_readable?("/etc/passwd")
sprintf("%o", m)                              #=> "644"

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_world_readable_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
#ifdef S_IROTH
    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qnil;
    if ((st.st_mode & (S_IROTH)) == S_IROTH) {
        return UINT2NUM(st.st_mode & (S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO|S_IXUGO));
    }
#endif
    return Qnil;
}
world_writable?(file_name) → fixnum or nil click to toggle source

If file_name is writable by others, returns an integer representing the file permission bits of file_name. Returns nil otherwise. The meaning of the bits is platform dependent; on Unix systems, see stat(2).

File.world_writable?("/tmp")                  #=> 511
m = File.world_writable?("/tmp")
sprintf("%o", m)                              #=> "777"

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_world_writable_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
#ifdef S_IWOTH
    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qnil;
    if ((st.st_mode & (S_IWOTH)) == S_IWOTH) {
        return UINT2NUM(st.st_mode & (S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO|S_IXUGO));
    }
#endif
    return Qnil;
}
writable?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file is writable by the effective user id of this process.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_writable_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    rb_secure(2);
    FilePathValue(fname);
    fname = rb_str_encode_ospath(fname);
    if (eaccess(StringValueCStr(fname), W_OK) < 0) return Qfalse;
    return Qtrue;
}
writable_real?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file is writable by the real user id of this process.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_writable_real_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    rb_secure(2);
    FilePathValue(fname);
    fname = rb_str_encode_ospath(fname);
    if (access_internal(StringValueCStr(fname), W_OK) < 0) return Qfalse;
    return Qtrue;
}
zero?(file_name) → true or false click to toggle source

Returns true if the named file exists and has a zero size.

 
               static VALUE
rb_file_zero_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    struct stat st;

    if (rb_stat(fname, &st) < 0) return Qfalse;
    if (st.st_size == 0) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}

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