From: Timo Furrer Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 22:44:25 +0000 (+0200) Subject: bpo-30974: Change os.path.samefile docstring to match docs (GH-7337) X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8e568ef266a2805f9a6042003723d9c050830461;p=python bpo-30974: Change os.path.samefile docstring to match docs (GH-7337) --- diff --git a/Lib/genericpath.py b/Lib/genericpath.py index 5dd703d736..db11f67d54 100644 --- a/Lib/genericpath.py +++ b/Lib/genericpath.py @@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ def samestat(s1, s2): # Are two filenames really pointing to the same file? def samefile(f1, f2): - """Test whether two pathnames reference the same actual file""" + """Test whether two pathnames reference the same actual file or directory + + This is determined by the device number and i-node number and + raises an exception if an os.stat() call on either pathname fails. + """ s1 = os.stat(f1) s2 = os.stat(f2) return samestat(s1, s2)