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diff --git a/cmd/podman/utils/utils.go b/cmd/podman/utils/utils.go
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+package utils
+
+import "os"
+
+// IsDir returns true if the specified path refers to a directory.
+func IsDir(path string) bool {
+	file, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return file.IsDir()
+}
+
+// FileExists returns true if path refers to an existing file.
+func FileExists(path string) bool {
+	file, err := os.Stat(path)
+	// All errors return file == nil
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return !file.IsDir()
+}