+/* Return true if we've already seen the triple, <FILENAME, dev, ino>.
+ If *HT is not initialized, initialize it. */
+static bool
+seen_triple (Hash_table **ht, char const *filename, struct stat const *st)
+{
+ if (*ht == NULL)
+ {
+ size_t initial_capacity = 7;
+ *ht = hash_initialize (initial_capacity,
+ NULL,
+ triple_hash,
+ triple_compare_ino_str,
+ triple_free);
+ if (*ht == NULL)
+ xalloc_die ();
+ }
+
+ if (seen_file (*ht, filename, st))
+ return true;
+
+ record_file (*ht, filename, st);
+ return false;
+}
+