SAMEPATH is path the same

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

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issame: logical https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.base/java/nio/file/Files.html#isSameFile(java.nio.file.Path,java.nio.file.Path)

function issame = samepath(path1, path2, use_java)
arguments
  path1 (1,1) string
  path2 (1,1) string
  use_java (1,1) logical = false
end

issame = false;
if ~stdlib.exists(path1) || ~stdlib.exists(path2)
  return
end

if use_java
% needs absolute
path1 = stdlib.absolute(path1, "", false, true);
path2 = stdlib.absolute(path2, "", false, true);

issame = java.nio.file.Files.isSameFile(...
            java.io.File(path1).toPath(), ...
            java.io.File(path2).toPath());

% alternative, lower-level method is lexical only (not suitable for us):
% https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.base/java/io/File.html#equals(java.lang.Object)

else
  issame = stdlib.canonical(path1, false, false) == stdlib.canonical(path2, false, false);
end

end

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