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| author | Timo Furrer <tuxtimo@gmail.com> | 2019-08-02 22:44:25 (GMT) |
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| committer | Steve Dower <steve.dower@python.org> | 2019-08-02 22:44:25 (GMT) |
| commit | 8e568ef266a2805f9a6042003723d9c050830461 (patch) | |
| tree | a5e5c2e98e2ddfea0a372eb2a0dea7b47ae5e423 /Lib/genericpath.py | |
| parent | 7ea9a85f132b32347fcbd2cbe1b553a2e9890b56 (diff) | |
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bpo-30974: Change os.path.samefile docstring to match docs (GH-7337)
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diff --git a/Lib/genericpath.py b/Lib/genericpath.py index 5dd703d..db11f67 100644 --- a/Lib/genericpath.py +++ b/Lib/genericpath.py @@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ def samestat(s1, s2): # Are two filenames really pointing to the same file? def samefile(f1, f2): - """Test whether two pathnames reference the same actual file""" + """Test whether two pathnames reference the same actual file or directory + + This is determined by the device number and i-node number and + raises an exception if an os.stat() call on either pathname fails. + """ s1 = os.stat(f1) s2 = os.stat(f2) return samestat(s1, s2) |