From: matt@... (matt neuburg)
Date: 2008-10-25T02:40:08+09:00
Subject: Re: How to tell if two paths point to the same file?

Kenneth McDonald <kenneth.m.mcdonald@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I've tried using File.expand_path to normalize path names, but this  
> doesn't always seem to give identical results for the same file, if  
> one of the involved paths goes through a symbolic link. Is there  
> another way to do this?

Does Pathname#realpath help? m.


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