SAMEPATH is path the same

true if inputs resolve to same path. Both paths must exist.

NOTE: in general on Windows same('.', 'not-exist/..') is true, but on Unix it is false. In C/C++ access() or stat() the same behavior is observed Windows vs Unix.

Ref: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220128-00/?p=106201

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function [i, b] = samepath(path1, path2, backend)
if nargin < 3
  backend = {'python', 'java', 'perl', 'sys', 'native'};
else
  backend = cellstr(backend);
end

i = logical([]);

for j = 1:numel(backend)
  b = backend{j};
  switch b
    case 'java'
      i = stdlib.java.samepath(path1, path2);
    case 'native'
      i = stdlib.native.samepath(path1, path2);
    case 'perl'
      i = stdlib.perl.samepath(path1, path2);
    case 'python'
      if stdlib.has_python()
        i = stdlib.python.samepath(path1, path2);
      end
    case 'sys'
      i = stdlib.sys.samepath(path1, path2);
    otherwise
      error('stdlib:hard_link_count:ValueError', 'Unknown backend: %s', b)
  end

  if ~isempty(i)
    return
  end
end

end

%!assert (stdlib.samepath('.', pwd()))

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