# struct File::Info

- File::Info
- Struct
- Value
- Object

##
Overview

A `File::Info` contains metadata regarding a file. It is returned by `File.info`, `File#info` and `File.info?`.

##
Included Modules

- Crystal::System::FileInfo

##
Defined in:

file/info.cr

##
Class Method Summary

- .executable?(path : Path | String) : Bool

  Returns `true` if path is executable by the real user id of this process else returns `false`.

- .readable?(path : Path | String) : Bool

  Returns `true` if path is readable by the real user id of this process else returns `false`.

- .writable?(path : Path | String) : Bool

  Returns `true` if path is writable by the real user id of this process else returns `false`.

##
Instance Method Summary

- #directory?

  Returns true if this `Info` represents a directory.

- #file?

  Returns true if this `Info` represents a standard file.

- #flags : Flags

  The special flags this file has set.

- #group_id : String

  The group ID that the file belongs to.

- #modification_time : Time

  The last time this file was modified.

- #owner_id : String

  The user ID that the file belongs to.

- #permissions : Permissions

  The permissions of the file.

- #same_file?(other : self) : Bool

  Returns true if this `Info` and other are of the same file.

- #size : Int64

  Size of the file, in bytes.

- #symlink?

  Returns true if this `Info` represents a symbolic link to another file.

- #type : Type

  The type of the file.

### Instance methods inherited from module `Crystal::System::FileInfo`

system_flags : ::File::Flags system_flags, system_group_id : String system_group_id, system_modification_time : ::Time system_modification_time, system_owner_id : String system_owner_id, system_permissions : ::File::Permissions system_permissions, system_same_file?(other : self) : Bool system_same_file?, system_size : Int64 system_size, system_type : ::File::Type system_type

### Constructor methods inherited from module `Crystal::System::FileInfo`

new(stat : LibC::Stat) new

### Instance methods inherited from struct `Struct`

==(other : YAML::Any)
==(other) : Bool ==, hash(hasher) hash, inspect(io : IO) : Nil inspect, pretty_print(pp) : Nil pretty_print, to_s(io : IO) : Nil to_s

### Class methods inherited from struct `Struct`

pre_initialize(address : Pointer) : Nil pre_initialize

### Instance methods inherited from struct `Value`

==(other : Log::Metadata::Value)
==(other : JSON::Any)
==(other : YAML::Any)
==(other) ==, dup dup

### Instance methods inherited from class `Object`

! : Bool !, !=(other) !=, !~(other) !~, ==(other) ==, ===(other : JSON::Any)
===(other : YAML::Any)
===(other) ===, =~(other) =~, as(type : Class) as, as?(type : Class) as?, class class, dup dup, hash(hasher)
hash hash, in?(collection : Object) : Bool
in?(*values : Object) : Bool in?, inspect(io : IO) : Nil
inspect : String inspect, is_a?(type : Class) : Bool is_a?, itself itself, nil? : Bool nil?, not_nil!(message)
not_nil! not_nil!, pretty_inspect(width = 79, newline = "\n", indent = 0) : String pretty_inspect, pretty_print(pp : PrettyPrint) : Nil pretty_print, responds_to?(name : Symbol) : Bool responds_to?, tap(&) tap, to_json(io : IO) : Nil
to_json : String to_json, to_pretty_json(indent : String = " ") : String
to_pretty_json(io : IO, indent : String = " ") : Nil to_pretty_json, to_s(io : IO) : Nil
to_s : String to_s, to_yaml(io : IO) : Nil
to_yaml : String to_yaml, try(&) try, unsafe_as(type : T.class) forall T unsafe_as

### Class methods inherited from class `Object`

from_json(string_or_io : String | IO, root : String)
from_json(string_or_io : String | IO) from_json, from_yaml(string_or_io : String | IO) from_yaml

### Macros inherited from class `Object`

class_getter(*names, &block) class_getter, class_getter!(*names) class_getter!, class_getter?(*names, &block) class_getter?, class_property(*names, &block) class_property, class_property!(*names) class_property!, class_property?(*names, &block) class_property?, class_setter(*names) class_setter, def_clone def_clone, def_equals(*fields) def_equals, def_equals_and_hash(*fields) def_equals_and_hash, def_hash(*fields) def_hash, delegate(*methods, to object) delegate, forward_missing_to(delegate) forward_missing_to, getter(*names, &block) getter, getter!(*names) getter!, getter?(*names, &block) getter?, property(*names, &block) property, property!(*names) property!, property?(*names, &block) property?, setter(*names) setter

##
Class Method Detail

def self.executable?(path : Path | String) : Bool #

Returns `true` if path is executable by the real user id of this process else returns `false`.

    File.write("foo", "foo")
    File::Info.executable?("foo") # => false

This method returns the readable property as reported by the file system which provides no indication of whether `Process.execute` would be a valid operation because it applies to all file types, including directories (which typically are executable to signal it's allowed to list their contents).

def self.readable?(path : Path | String) : Bool #

Returns `true` if path is readable by the real user id of this process else returns `false`.

    File.write("foo", "foo")
    File::Info.readable?("foo") # => true

This method returns the readable property as reported by the file system which provides no indication of whether `File.read` would be a valid operation because it applies to all file types, including directories.

def self.writable?(path : Path | String) : Bool #

Returns `true` if path is writable by the real user id of this process else returns `false`.

    File.write("foo", "foo")
    File::Info.writable?("foo") # => true

This method returns the readable property as reported by the file system which provides no indication of whether `File.write` would be a valid operation because it applies to all file types, including directories.

##
Instance Method Detail

def directory? #

Returns true if this `Info` represents a directory. Shortcut for `type.directory?`.

def file? #

Returns true if this `Info` represents a standard file. Shortcut for `type.file?`.

def flags : Flags #

The special flags this file has set.

def group_id : String #

The group ID that the file belongs to.

def modification_time : Time #

The last time this file was modified.

def owner_id : String #

The user ID that the file belongs to.

def permissions : Permissions #

The permissions of the file.

def same_file?(other : self) : Bool #

Returns true if this `Info` and other are of the same file.

On Unix-like systems, this compares device and inode fields, and will compare equal for hard linked files.

def size : Int64 #

Size of the file, in bytes.

def symlink? #

Returns true if this `Info` represents a symbolic link to another file. Shortcut for `type.symlink?`.

def type : Type #

The type of the file.