# 
# patch "ChangeLog"
#  from [fceff6f8f84a3516265794b9bcf540b02854b1c1]
#    to [1c28a602d45adcdeca89eb9b1270c4be05988069]
# 
# patch "file_io.cc"
#  from [17fb90ea9f1ab88b9178533ad6155a38abedee5b]
#    to [fabe4ff3fc7938a63350416b31446b04d5e331b6]
# 
========================================================================
--- ChangeLog	fceff6f8f84a3516265794b9bcf540b02854b1c1
+++ ChangeLog	1c28a602d45adcdeca89eb9b1270c4be05988069
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2005-08-25  Nathaniel Smith  <address@hidden>
 
+	* file_io.cc (path_exists, directory_exists, file_exists):
+	Implement.
+
+2005-08-25  Nathaniel Smith  <address@hidden>
+
 	* platform.hh (get_path_status): New function.
 	* unix/fs.cc (get_path_status): Implement.
 	* win32/fs.cc (get_path_status): Implement inefficiently (does
========================================================================
--- file_io.cc	17fb90ea9f1ab88b9178533ad6155a38abedee5b
+++ file_io.cc	fabe4ff3fc7938a63350416b31446b04d5e331b6
@@ -21,38 +21,22 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-// A path::state can be used as a boolean context for exists/doesn't exist,
-// or can be used in a switch statement to consider all possibilities.
-namespace path 
-{
-  typedef enum 
-    {
-      nonexistent = 0,
-      directory = 1,
-      file = 2,
-    } state;
-};
-path::state path_state(any_path const & path);
-
-
-
 bool 
-directory_exists(any_path const & p) 
+path_exists(any_path const & p) 
 { 
-  return fs::exists(p.as_external()) &&
-    fs::is_directory(p.as_external()); 
+  return get_path_status(p) != path::nonexistent;
 }
 
 bool 
-file_exists(file_path const & p) 
+directory_exists(any_path const & p) 
 { 
-  return fs::exists(localized(p)); 
+  return get_path_status(p) == path::directory;
 }
 
 bool 
-file_exists(local_path const & p) 
+file_exists(any_path const & p) 
 { 
-  return fs::exists(localized(p)); 
+  return get_path_status(p) == path::file;
 }
 
 bool