From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-12-03T01:08:59+09:00
Subject: Re: require bug?? (1.8.0)

>>>>> "C" == Ceri Storey <cez@necrofish.org.uk> writes:

C> If it's on a filesystem which will tell you the inode no. of a file,
C> (ie: mot unix systems) then you can compare that and the device number.

 Well, the problem here is that ruby run also on another systems (not only
 un*x) and I'm not sure if it exist a portable way to retrieve inode and
 device number.

C> Beyond that, it'd be a case of finding the physical path to the file and
C> comparing that. Although it falls down when you have say, loopback
C> filesystems and SUBST'd drives. 

 and you can have problems with links


Guy Decoux