On 2007.04.25 at 01:55:23 -0700, David Schwartz wrote:
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> > For example, if we are running under Unix-style kernel, we can make
> > stat calls on both files. And if both st_dev and st_ino fields of
> > the resulting stat structures are same, we should consider files same.
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> Why? Suppose the f
> For example, if we are running under Unix-style kernel, we can make
> stat calls on both files. And if both st_dev and st_ino fields of
> the resulting stat structures are same, we should consider files same.
Why? Suppose the filesystem internally uses inodes larger than the st_ino
field. Is it
On 2007.04.20 at 11:57:35 -0700, David Schwartz wrote:
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> > On 2007.04.19 at 11:59:39 -0700, David Schwartz wrote:
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> > > This is not nearly as simple as you might think. Are 'foo.txt'
> > and 'Foo.txt' the same file? What about 'directory/file.txt' and
> > 'symlink/file.txt'?
> > >
> > > I d
