From 0bd2cfd0fc40fb4d0b362798aff6a60f0b87af96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bram Matthys <syzop@vulnscan.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 19:33:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update file_exists() function to work with directories on
 Windows. And then let's use the similar (and faster) function on Linux too.

---
 src/misc.c | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index cffe76827..a3196709c 100644
--- a/src/misc.c
+++ b/src/misc.c
@@ -2094,17 +2094,16 @@ int filename_has_suffix(const char *fname, const char *suffix)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/** Check if the specified file exists */
+/** Check if the specified file or directory exists */
 int file_exists(char *file)
 {
-	FILE *fd;
-
-	fd = fopen(file, "r");
-	if (!fd)
-		return 0;
-
-	fclose(fd);
-	return 1;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	if (_access(file, 0) == 0)
+#else
+	if (access(file, 0) == 0)
+#endif
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Get the file creation time */