From: "Morris, Chris" <chris.morris@...>
Date: 2002-03-13T22:32:40+09:00
Subject: RE: Windows 1.6.6.0 File.mode doesn't exist

> To directly access the mode bits, you can use the "mode" 
> instance method of
> the File::Stat class (instances of which are returned by 
> File.stat and some
> other functions), e.g.
> 
>     irb(main):001:0> File.stat("C:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe").mode
>     33279

D'oh! Got in a rush yesterday and didn't realize I was reading the docs
under File::Stat instead of File. Thanks.

> more platform-independent, instance methods from File::Stat, e.g.
> 
>     irb(main):002:0> File.stat("C:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe").readable?
>     true
>     irb(main):002:0> File.stat("C:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe").writable?
>     true
>     irb(main):002:0> File.stat("C:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe").executable?
>     true

Even better -- again, in a little too much of a rush yesterday. Thanks!

Chris