add FileExists and DirExists for checking what is at a path

FileExists reports whether a path holds a regular file and DirExists whether it
holds a directory, both answering false for anything they cannot look at.
Comes with doc comments and table-driven tests. (closes #15)

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package util
import "os"
// FileExists reports whether there is a regular file at path. A directory, a
// device node or a socket gives false, and so does anything the process is not
// allowed to look at, since from the caller's point of view there is no usable
// file there either way.
//
// Symbolic links are followed, so a link pointing at a regular file gives true
// and a link pointing at nothing gives false.
func FileExists(path string) bool {
info, err := os.Stat(path)
if err != nil {
return false
}
return info.Mode().IsRegular()
}
// DirExists reports whether there is a directory at path. As with FileExists,
// anything that cannot be looked at gives false, and symbolic links are
// followed.
func DirExists(path string) bool {
info, err := os.Stat(path)
if err != nil {
return false
}
return info.IsDir()
}