1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/posix/gawkmisc.c b/posix/gawkmisc.c
index 08551da5..7fb5f1ef 100644
--- a/posix/gawkmisc.c
+++ b/posix/gawkmisc.c
@@ -222,6 +222,14 @@ int fd;
 	/* no-op */
 	return;
 }
+ 
+/* files_are_same --- return true if files are identical */
+
+int
+files_are_same(struct stat *f1, struct stat *f2)
+{
+	return (f1->st_dev == f2->st_dev && f1->st_ino == f2->st_ino);
+}
 
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
 #include <stdio.h>