fs: make exists faster by using access

access is faster than stat, because we don't have to return the actual stat results.
nodejs · Aug 16, 2016 · 19689e4 · 19689e4
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diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
@@ -250,10 +250,8 @@ fs.accessSync = function(path, mode) {
 
 fs.exists = function(path, callback) {
   if (!nullCheck(path, cb)) return;
-  var req = new FSReqWrap();
-  req.oncomplete = cb;
-  binding.stat(pathModule._makeLong(path), req);
-  function cb(err, stats) {
+  fs.access(path, fs.F_OK, cb);
+  function cb(err) {
     if (callback) callback(err ? false : true);
   }
 };