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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/04/2023 15:22, Fabian

      Meumertzheim wrote:<br>

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          <div>It looks like `Files#isSameFile()` is already backed by

            these fields though: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/ddd50d0db31e50c0fcedafa290d6eac277ddae3e/src/java.base/windows/classes/sun/nio/fs/WindowsFileAttributes.java*L349-L356__;Iw!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!P2FgkNydmuds-x_7fAwA1mycw0Ah5_5Fc_O2AL9kuYZVT8Fs6Vz2kLc58QyWAHH1VQv-7os-RtBCS5JL7ifrXg$" moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/ddd50d0db31e50c0fcedafa290d6eac277ddae3e/src/java.base/windows/classes/sun/nio/fs/WindowsFileAttributes.java#L349-L356</a>. </div>

          <div>Issues with volume serial number and file ID as unique

            identifiers should thus already be reachable directly via

            public API.</div>

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    There has been a number of reports of problems there,  WebDAV

    locations come to mind. At some point I think we tried to get a list

    from Microsoft of the volume types where there is at least some

    temporal stability.<br>

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    -Alan<br>

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