[issue21876] os.rename(src, dst) does nothing when src and dst files are hard-linked

[Aaron Swan]

Aaron Swan added the comment:

Although using the mv command *does* remove the src file on red hat linux, I can accept that the POSIX requirement that the source *must* be removed might not apply if source is the same as the destination file.

It would be nice if the behavior was consistent, but I think the POSIX requirements are somewhat up for interpretation in this case.

The documentation should probably be updated at the least.

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