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instance method
FileTest#identical?
(::path | ::io file_1, ::path | ::io file_2) -> bool
File.identical?(file_1, file_2) → true or false
file.c
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static VALUE
rb_file_identical_p(VALUE obj, VALUE fname1, VALUE fname2)
{
#ifndef _WIN32
struct stat st1, st2;
if (rb_stat(fname1, &st1) < 0) return Qfalse;
if (rb_stat(fname2, &st2) < 0) return Qfalse;
if (st1.st_dev != st2.st_dev) return Qfalse;
if (st1.st_ino != st2.st_ino) return Qfalse;
return Qtrue;
#else
extern VALUE rb_w32_file_identical_p(VALUE, VALUE);
return rb_w32_file_identical_p(fname1, fname2);
#endif
}
Returns true if the named files are identical.
file_1 and file_2 can be an IO object.
Example
open("a", "w") {} p File.identical?("a", "a") #=> true p File.identical?("a", "./a") #=> true File.link("a", "b") p File.identical?("a", "b") #=> true File.symlink("a", "c") p File.identical?("a", "c") #=> true open("d", "w") {} p File.identical?("a", "d") #=> false