// +build linux darwin freebsd solaris package continuity import ( "fmt" "os" "syscall" ) // hardlinkKey provides a tuple-key for managing hardlinks. This is system- // specific. type hardlinkKey struct { dev uint64 inode uint64 } // newHardlinkKey returns a hardlink key for the provided file info. If the // resource does not represent a possible hardlink, errNotAHardLink will be // returned. func newHardlinkKey(fi os.FileInfo) (hardlinkKey, error) { sys, ok := fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t) if !ok { return hardlinkKey{}, fmt.Errorf("cannot resolve (*syscall.Stat_t) from os.FileInfo") } if sys.Nlink < 2 { // NOTE(stevvooe): This is not always true for all filesystems. We // should somehow detect this and provided a slow "polyfill" that // leverages os.SameFile if we detect a filesystem where link counts // is not really supported. return hardlinkKey{}, errNotAHardLink } return hardlinkKey{dev: uint64(sys.Dev), inode: uint64(sys.Ino)}, nil }