Struct Metadata 

pub struct Metadata { /* private fields */ }

A file metadata

Because we can’t freely create a std::fs::Metadata object we have to implement our own structure.

Implementations

impl Metadata

pub fn simple_type(&self) -> SimpleType

Returns simplified type of the directory entry

pub fn stat(&self) -> &stat

Returns underlying stat structure

pub fn is_file(&self) -> bool

Returns true if the entry is a regular file

pub fn is_dir(&self) -> bool

Returns true if the entry is a directory

pub fn permissions(&self) -> Permissions

Returns permissions of the entry

pub fn len(&self) -> u64

Returns file size

pub fn file_type(&self) -> Option<mode_t>

Return low level file type, if available

pub fn ino(&self) -> Option<ino_t>

Return device node, if available

pub fn dev_major(&self) -> Option<u32>

Return device node major of the file, if available

pub fn dev_minor(&self) -> Option<u32>

Return device node minor of the file, if available

pub fn rdev_major(&self) -> Option<u32>

Return device node major of an device descriptor, if available

pub fn rdev_minor(&self) -> Option<u32>

Return device node minor of an device descriptor, if available

pub fn blksize(&self) -> Option<blksize_t>

Return preferered I/O Blocksize, if available

pub fn blocks(&self) -> Option<blkcnt_t>

Return the number of 512 bytes blocks, if available

pub fn size(&self) -> Option<off_t>

Returns file size (same as len() but Option), if available

pub fn nlink(&self) -> Option<nlink_t>

Returns number of hard-links, if available

pub fn uid(&self) -> Option<uid_t>

Returns user id, if available

pub fn gid(&self) -> Option<gid_t>

Returns group id, if available

pub fn file_mode(&self) -> Option<mode_t>

Returns mode bits, if available

pub fn atime(&self) -> Option<SystemTime>

Returns last access time, if available

pub fn btime(&self) -> Option<SystemTime>

Returns creation, if available

pub fn ctime(&self) -> Option<SystemTime>

Returns last status change time, if available

pub fn mtime(&self) -> Option<SystemTime>

Returns last modification time, if available