Method: File#ctime

Defined in:
file.c

#ctime ⇒ Time

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

Note that on Windows (NTFS), returns creation time (birth time).

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

Returns:



2200
2201
2202
2203
2204
2205
2206
2207
2208
2209
2210
2211
 
# File 'file.c', line 2200

static VALUE
rb_file_ctime(VALUE obj)
{
    rb_io_t *fptr;
    struct stat st;

    GetOpenFile(obj, fptr);
    if (fstat(fptr->fd, &st) == -1) {
	rb_sys_fail_path(fptr->pathv);
    }
    return stat_ctime(&st);
}