1 files changed, 3 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index b1e1a9255e..e1d59b6e9f 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def islink(path):
     """Test whether a path is a symbolic link"""
     try:
         st = os.lstat(path)
-    except (os.error, AttributeError):
+    except (OSError, AttributeError):
         return False
     return stat.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)
 
@@ -172,39 +172,11 @@ def lexists(path):
     """Test whether a path exists.  Returns True for broken symbolic links"""
     try:
         os.lstat(path)
-    except os.error:
+    except OSError:
         return False
     return True
 
 
-# Are two filenames really pointing to the same file?
-
-def samefile(f1, f2):
-    """Test whether two pathnames reference the same actual file"""
-    s1 = os.stat(f1)
-    s2 = os.stat(f2)
-    return samestat(s1, s2)
-
-
-# Are two open files really referencing the same file?
-# (Not necessarily the same file descriptor!)
-
-def sameopenfile(fp1, fp2):
-    """Test whether two open file objects reference the same file"""
-    s1 = os.fstat(fp1)
-    s2 = os.fstat(fp2)
-    return samestat(s1, s2)
-
-
-# Are two stat buffers (obtained from stat, fstat or lstat)
-# describing the same file?
-
-def samestat(s1, s2):
-    """Test whether two stat buffers reference the same file"""
-    return s1.st_ino == s2.st_ino and \
-           s1.st_dev == s2.st_dev
-
-
 # Is a path a mount point?
 # (Does this work for all UNIXes?  Is it even guaranteed to work by Posix?)
 
@@ -220,7 +192,7 @@ def ismount(path):
         else:
             parent = join(path, '..')
         s2 = os.lstat(parent)
-    except os.error:
+    except OSError:
         return False # It doesn't exist -- so not a mount point :-)
     dev1 = s1.st_dev
     dev2 = s2.st_dev