Portable way to check if directory exists [Windows/Linux, C]

stat() works on Linux., UNIX and Windows as well:

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

struct stat info;

if( stat( pathname, &info ) != 0 )
    printf( "cannot access %s\n", pathname );
else if( info.st_mode & S_IFDIR )  // S_ISDIR() doesn't exist on my windows 
    printf( "%s is a directory\n", pathname );
else
    printf( "%s is no directory\n", pathname );

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