[fpc-pascal] fpc in symlinked directory

[Marc Weustink]

Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2014, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:33:38 +0100 (CET)
>> Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org> wrote:
>>
>>> [...]
>>>>> So ? You just need to check the inode.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a function to list all files pointing to an inode?
>>>
>>> Actually, you just need to know if 2 filenames point to the same inode.
>>
>> And what 2 files should I check? There are thousands of files in
>> the search path.
>
> To avoid duplicates, only the files that are already open in the IDE
> must be checked.
> For the others, it is irrelevant how you opened them.
>
> There are 2 scenarios:
>
> 1. A file with a similar name (filename part matches) is already open in
> the IDE.
>     If you collect the inode when opening, there is no problem (I'm
> guessing you already do a stat on open.
> 2. No such file is opened:
>     You can open it using whatever path.
>
> The next time a file must be opened, you check the file at the 'locical'
> location, and if its inode matches an opened file, you know it is open
> already.

This will fail if the file is located on some smb or nfs mount.

Marc