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Spec path.i (for unique path identifier)
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lizmat committed Jan 22, 2015
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Expand Up @@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ the C<IOU> class):
e exists
s size of the $!path of $io in bytes
z has zero size (an empty file)
i unique identifier for path, if available (usually inode)

f is a plain file (also ~~ IO::File)
d is a directory (also ~~ IO::Dir)
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An inode alone is not a unique identifier for the resource at a given path, because multiple devices can be mounted. Each device has its own inode numbers.

Do you plan to make a unique identifier by adding the device number, or add a separate device lookup? Maybe a method called any qw(.v .dev device)?

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