| @node Inode numbers on Windows | |
| @section Inode numbers on Windows | |
| @mindex windows-stat-inodes | |
| The module @samp{windows-stat-inodes} ensures that, | |
| on native Windows platforms, @code{struct stat} contains | |
| @code{st_dev}, @code{st_ino} fields that are able to distinguish | |
| different inodes. | |
| Note: Such values can only be provided for most files on the | |
| file system. For a few files (such as inaccessible files), | |
| @code{st_dev} and @code{st_ino} are set to 0. Therefore, | |
| you should test whether @code{st_dev != 0 && st_ino != 0}, | |
| before going to make inferences based on the file identity | |
| based on @code{st_dev} and @code{st_ino}. |