file->same

file ->same: file=file

Test if two paths refer to the same physical file. Both the reason and implementation of this call is highly system dependent:

Unix

Multiple paths may refer to the same phyical objects due to hard- and soft links. Equivalence testing is achieved comparing the the inode and device identifier as returned by the stat() call.

WIndows

Without links life looks easier, but isn't. Windows files are case-insensitive, on "8+3" filesystems the names are truncated and on VFAT/FAT32 systems both the long and short version exist.

The handling of long and short filenames is a bit buggy. If someone knows an efficient and correct solution to test equivalence, please let us know.