Sys.exists becomes ispath

base/stat.jl

@@ -326,6 +326,13 @@ otherwise returns `false`.
 This is the generalization of [`isfile`](@ref), [`isdir`](@ref) etc.
 """
 ispath(st::StatStruct) = filemode(st) & 0xf000 != 0x0000
+function ispath(path::String)
+    # We use `access()` and `F_OK` to determine if a given path exists.
+    # `F_OK` comes from `unistd.h`.
+    F_OK = 0x00
+    return ccall(:jl_fs_access, Cint, (Ptr{UInt8}, Cint), path, F_OK) == 0
+end
+ispath(path::AbstractString) = ispath(String(path))
 
 """
     isfifo(path) -> Bool

base/sysinfo.jl

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ export BINDIR,
        isexecutable,
        isreadable,
        iswriteable,
-       exists,
        username,
        which
 
@@ -599,19 +598,6 @@ function iswriteable(path::String)
 end
 iswriteable(path::AbstractString) = iswriteable(String(path))
 
-"""
-    Sys.exists(path::String)
-
-Return `true` if the given `path` exists.
-"""
-function exists(path::String)
-    # We use `access()` and `F_OK` to determine if a given path is
-    # executable by the current user.  `F_OK` comes from `unistd.h`.
-    F_OK = 0x00
-    return ccall(:jl_fs_access, Cint, (Ptr{UInt8}, Cint), path, F_OK) == 0
-end
-exists(path::AbstractString) = exists(String(path))
-
 """
     Sys.which(program_name::String)