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How to get the block size of a file for stat in Ruby
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Overview
Block size refers to the amount of disk space allocated to a file. It can also represent the largest amount of data that can be transferred in a single output and operation on a file. To get this value, we can use the blksize property of the stat, which stands for the status of a file.
Syntax
File.stat(filename).blksize
blksize property syntax in Ruby
Parameters
filename: This is the name of the file that we want to get block size information for.
Return value
This method returns an integer representing the block size of a file.
Code example
Let's look at the code below:
# get current file and print block size
puts "The block size of this file is:"
puts File.stat("main.rb").blksizeGetting the block size of a file in Ruby
Code explanation
- Lines 2 and 3: We use
blksizeto get the block size of our application filemain.rb, and we print it to the console.
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