From: benjohn@...
Date: 2006-04-10T17:05:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Ways to find File MetaData information?

> Hi,
>
> Is there a way were we can find about the "meta data information" of an
> existing file in the directory using  ruby,  like
>
> 1)When the file was created,
> 2)When was it modifed
> 3)when was it accessed.  etc.
>
> ie. If we pass the "name/location  of the file" it should print the
> creation / modified time of that particular file.

To the best of my knowledge, Unix / Posix file systems only give you a
modification date (your OS may differ :). You can access that using some
of the class methods of File. You'll probably be "feeling lucky" at
google if you throw it "ruby File class".

Cheers,
  Ben