On 2020-07-27, Termoregolato <waste@is.invalid> wrote: > Il 26/07/20 22:47, dn ha scritto: > >> Thus, compare the results of the two calls to detect a difference. > > I will try also another way, If I don't err symlinks and original > directory have the same inode number (I talk about Linux, where I'm > using the application).
You err. Symlinks are distinct i-nodes which are not the same i-node as the destination. A symlink is basically a file containing a string that is read and then used a path to another file. If you create a "hard" link (ln without the '-s') then you end up a single i-node that has entries in multiple directories. [old-Unix-guy story: Way back when, SunOS used to allow you (if root) to create a hard link to a directory. It's not something you did a second time.] -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
