/ffi-stat

FFI bindings to libc stat.

Primary LanguageRubyMIT LicenseMIT

FFI::Stat

FFI platform-specific bindings for the stat struct and related functions. The primary use case of this library is assist other FFI libraries that require a stat struct.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "ffi-stat"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install ffi-stat

Usage

require "ffi/stat"

file = "test.txt"
fd   = $stdin.fileno

stat = FFI::Stat.lstat(file) #=> FFI::Stat::Stat
stat = FFI::Stat.fstat(fd)   #=> FFI::Stat::Stat
stat = FFI::Stat.stat(file)  #=> FFI::Stat::Stat

# then

stat[:st_size] #=> ~~ size of the file
stat[:st_mtimespec].to_time #=> file modification time

Platforms

FFI::Stat has support for the stat struct on the following platforms:

  • x86_64-darwin
  • x86_64-linux
  • i386-linux

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Ensure all tests pass (rake test)
  5. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  6. Create new Pull Request