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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> |
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date | Sun, 24 Feb 2019 08:05:56 -0800 |
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@node Inode numbers on Windows @section Inode numbers on Windows The module @samp{windows-stat-inodes} ensures that, on native Windows platforms, @code{struct stat} contains @code{st_dev}, @code{st_ino} fields that are able to distinguish different inodes. Note: Such values can only be provided for most files on the file system. For a few files (such as inaccessible files), @code{st_dev} and @code{st_ino} are set to 0. Therefore, you should test whether @code{st_dev != 0 && st_ino != 0}, before going to make inferences based on the file identity based on @code{st_dev} and @code{st_ino}.