directory (as indicated by device number and i-node number).
Raise an exception if a \function{os.stat()} call on either pathname
fails.
+Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{sameopenfile}{fp1, fp2}
Return true if the file objects \var{fp1} and \var{fp2} refer to the
same file. The two file objects may represent different file
descriptors.
+Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{samestat}{stat1, stat2}
\function{fstat()}, \function{lstat()}, or \function{stat()}. This
function implements the underlying comparison used by
\function{samefile()} and \function{sameopenfile()}.
+Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{split}{path}