From 536d98238c8d1e63c316708d082bce063f1c3f84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Denton <christophersdenton@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 22:06:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Possible errors when reading file metadata are platform
 specific

In particular the `is_dir`, `is_file` and `exists` functions says that querying a file requires querying the directory. On Windows this is not normally true.
---
 library/std/src/path.rs | 18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/library/std/src/path.rs b/library/std/src/path.rs
index 9c5615f58c436..8f5f2cf29daeb 100644
--- a/library/std/src/path.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/path.rs
@@ -2462,10 +2462,10 @@ impl Path {
     /// Returns `true` if the path points at an existing entity.
     ///
     /// This function will traverse symbolic links to query information about the
-    /// destination file. In case of broken symbolic links this will return `false`.
+    /// destination file.
     ///
-    /// If you cannot access the directory containing the file, e.g., because of a
-    /// permission error, this will return `false`.
+    /// If you cannot access the metadata of the file, e.g. because of a
+    /// permission error or broken symbolic links, this will return `false`.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -2513,10 +2513,10 @@ impl Path {
     /// Returns `true` if the path exists on disk and is pointing at a regular file.
     ///
     /// This function will traverse symbolic links to query information about the
-    /// destination file. In case of broken symbolic links this will return `false`.
+    /// destination file.
     ///
-    /// If you cannot access the directory containing the file, e.g., because of a
-    /// permission error, this will return `false`.
+    /// If you cannot access the metadata of the file, e.g. because of a
+    /// permission error or broken symbolic links, this will return `false`.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -2545,10 +2545,10 @@ impl Path {
     /// Returns `true` if the path exists on disk and is pointing at a directory.
     ///
     /// This function will traverse symbolic links to query information about the
-    /// destination file. In case of broken symbolic links this will return `false`.
+    /// destination file.
     ///
-    /// If you cannot access the directory containing the file, e.g., because of a
-    /// permission error, this will return `false`.
+    /// If you cannot access the metadata of the file, e.g. because of a
+    /// permission error or broken symbolic links, this will return `false`.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///