;Task: Verify that a file called     '''input.txt'''     and   a directory called     '''docs'''     exist. This should be done twice:   :::*   once for the current working directory,   and :::*   once for a file and a directory in the filesystem root.
Optional criteria (May 2015):   verify it works with: :::*   zero-length files :::*   an unusual filename:   ''' `Abdu'l-Bahá.txt '''