text: def samefile(f1, f2):
      '''
      A simple replacement of the os.path.samefile() function not existing 
      on the Windows platform. 
      MAC/Unix supported in standard way :).
  
      Author: Denis Barmenkov <denis.barmenkov@gmail.com>
  
      Source: code.activestate.com/recipes/576886/
  
      Copyright: this code is free, but if you want to use it, please
                 keep this multiline comment along with function source. 
                 Thank you.
  
      2009-08-19 20:13 
      '''
      try:
          return os.path.samefile(f1, f2)
      except AttributeError:
          f1 = os.path.abspath(f1).lower()
          f2 = os.path.abspath(f2).lower()
          return f1 == f2
  