From: Lloyd Zusman <ljz@...>
Date: 2002-08-09T23:24:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting the file name from a File::Stat object?

GOTO Kentaro <gotoken@notwork.org> writes:

> At Fri, 9 Aug 2002 22:46:32 +0900,
> Lloyd Zusman wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to get the file name from a File::Stat object?
>
> Only way is to search files which have the inode number File::Stat#ino.  
> File::Stat represents status of an inode and an inode may be associated
> many file names.  
>
> [ ... ]

Thank you very much.

I was hoping that I didn't have to do it via inodes.  Oh well ... [sigh]

Actually, I just want to retrieve the initial argument, exactly as
specified.

For that purpose, I know I can always use a subclass, like this:

  class MyStat < File::Stat
    attr_reader :item
    def initialize(arg)
      @item = arg
      super(arg)
    end
  end
  
  stat = MyStat.new("file.name")
  p stat.item

  output: "file.name"

But I was hoping I didn't need to rely on a subclass, so that I could
also get the same behavior from File.stat, etc.  Like I said above ...
oh well ...

Thanks again.

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com