gistfile1.js

var sys = require('sys');
process.stdout.write(sys.inspect(pathExistsSync('test'), true, null) + "\n");
process.stdout.write(sys.inspect(pathExistsSync('--test--'), true, null) + "\n");

function pathExistsSync (path) {
        var fs = require('fs');
        try {
                var stat = fs.statSync(path);
        } catch (error) {
                return (error.errno !== process.ENOENT);
        }

        return true;
}