+bool exists_and_not_regfile(const char *filename)
+{
+ struct stat sb;
+
+ if (lstat(filename, &sb) == -1)
+ return false;
+
+#ifndef WIN32 /* NOT Windows */
+ if (S_ISREG(sb.st_mode))
+ return false;
+#else
+ /* \\.\ is the device namespace in Windows, where every file
+ * is a device node */
+ if (S_ISREG(sb.st_mode) && strncmp(filename, "\\\\.\\", 4) != 0)
+ return false;
+#endif
+
+ return true;
+}
+