New submission from Nick Venenga :
shutil.copy fails to copy a file from a shadow copy back to its original file
since os.path.samefile returns True. os.path.samefile doesn't reliably detect
these files are different since it relies on ino which is the same for both
files
>>> sc =
>>> pathlib.Path('//?/GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy3/test.file')
>>> o = pathlib.Path("V:/test.file")
>>> os.path.samefile(sc, o)
True
>>> os.stat(sc)
os.stat_result(st_mode=33206, st_ino=3458764513820579328, st_dev=1792739134,
st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_size=1, st_atime=1644973968,
st_mtime=1644974052, st_ctime=1644973968)
>>> os.stat(o)
os.stat_result(st_mode=33206, st_ino=3458764513820579328, st_dev=1792739134,
st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_size=2, st_atime=1644973968,
st_mtime=1644974300, st_ctime=1644973968)
>>> open(sc, "r").read()
'1'
>>> open(o, "r").read()
'12'
In the above example, you can see the shadow copy file and the original file.
Their mode and ino are the same, but their modified time and contents are
different
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components: Windows
messages: 413307
nosy: nijave, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.path.samefile incorrect results for shadow copies
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.9
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