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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/genericpath.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
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) |