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.
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Chris Denton 2021-05-27 22:06:56 +01:00
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@ -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
///