From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-04-10T23:14:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Ways to find File MetaData information?

Alexandru E. Ungur wrote:
>>>>sender: "Dinesh Umanath" date: "Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 03:53:27PM +0900" <<<EOQ
>>
>>Hi,
> 
> 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.
> 
> Yes, there is: http://www.rubycentral.com/ref/ref_c_file.html

That page has docs for Ruby 1.6.  You may prefer to look at the 1.8.4 
(i.e. current stable release) docs:

http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/File.html

-- 
James Britt

"In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly
  universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by
  uncertainty cannot be the truth."
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