On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:30:15 +1100, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> Is there a
>> better way to test if two paths point to the same file or directory
>> (and that will work across platforms?)
>
> How complicated do you want to get? If you are thinking about aliases,
> hard links, shortcuts, SMB shares and other complications, I'd be
> surprised if there is a simple way.
Almost, but not quite, platform independent.
os.path.samefile(path1, path2)
>From the docs:
samefile(path1, path2)
Return True if both pathname arguments refer to the same file or
directory (as indicated by device number and i-node number). Raise an
exception if a os.stat() call on either pathname fails. Availability:
Macintosh, Unix
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html
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