Re: how to detect a hard link in Java?

In article <qot3boqhanu.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>Now there is a file that is known by the names "foo" and "bar", and
>neither of them is its original name. Which should be the canonical
>name? Maybe "bar" because it is alphabetically earlier. The aliases
>might be in different directories, and then a shorter path might be
>more canonical.

Of course, if the shorter path is /tmp/foo, then perhaps the other one
(whatever it is) should be considered canonical :-)

Cheers
Bent D
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