code: def exists(path):
      """Replacement for `os.path.exists` which works for host mapped volumes
      on Windows containers
      """
      try:
          os.lstat(path)
      except OSError:
          return False
      return True
  
imports: import os
  import sys
  import stat
  import errno
  import tempfile
  import warnings
  from ipython_genutils import py3compat
  from contextlib import contextmanager
  from distutils.util import strtobool
  from ipython_genutils import py3compat
label_desc: Use image node_id 8 for calling a global function with example usage: exists(path) and returns: True, False