#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# This code comes from http://ruby-it.org/pages/Leggere+Metadati+Da+File
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 >> stat=File.stat 'plt-prefs.ss'
 => #<File::Stat dev=0x2, ino=0, mode=0100644, nlink=1, uid=0, gid=0, rdev=0x2, s
 ize=6194, blksize=nil, blocks=nil, atime=Fri Mar 19 18:17:25 ora solare Europa o
 ccidentale 2004, mtime=Tue May 06 23:50:07 ora legale Europa occidentale 2003, c
 time=Tue May 06 23:50:07 ora legale Europa occidentale 2003>

 >> stat.atime
 => Fri Mar 19 18:17:25 ora solare Europa occidentale 2004
 >> stat.readable?
 => true
 >> stat.symlink?
 => false