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Subject: Re: bug (I think) not noticing changed files through symlinks
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Date: 	Thu, 16 Jan 1997 11:17:07 -0500

Steven L. Baur writes:
> C-h v find-file-compare-truenames
> find-file-compare-truenames's value is t
>   -- a built-in boolean variable.
> 
> Documentation:
>[...]
> terminal component) is a symbolic link as well, but doesn't work with hard
> links (nothing does).

I don't know about nfs, but for a local file stat gives:
          mode_t   st_mode;     /* File mode (see mknod(2)) */
          ino_t    st_ino;      /* Inode number */
          dev_t    st_dev;      /* ID of device containing */
                                /* a directory entry for this file */
          dev_t    st_rdev;     /* ID of device */
                                /* This entry is defined only for */
                                /* char special or block special files */
which will be unique.

../Dave

