/**
 * File System Existence Checking Utilities using fs-extra
 * Replaced with fs-extra for better maintainability and industry-standard implementation
 *
 * Migration Guide:
 * - safeExists() -> fs.pathExists()
 * - safeExistsAsync() -> fs.pathExists()
 * - safeStats() -> fs.stat() with error handling
 * - safeStatsAsync() -> fs.stat() with error handling
 * - isDirectory() -> fs.pathExists() + fs.stat()
 * - isFile() -> fs.pathExists() + fs.stat()
 */
import fs from 'fs-extra';
/**
 * Safely checks if a file or directory exists (sync version - DEPRECATED: use async version)
 * @param filePath - Path to check
 * @returns true if exists, false otherwise
 * @deprecated Use safeExistsAsync instead for better scalability
 */
export declare function safeExists(filePath: string): boolean;
/**
 * Safely checks if a file or directory exists (async version)
 * @param filePath - Path to check
 * @returns true if exists, false otherwise
 */
export declare function safeExistsAsync(filePath: string): Promise<boolean>;
/**
 * Safely gets file stats (sync version - DEPRECATED: use async version)
 * @param filePath - Path to check
 * @returns fs.Stats object or null if failed
 * @deprecated Use safeStatsAsync instead for better scalability
 */
export declare function safeStats(filePath: string): fs.Stats | null;
/**
 * Safely gets file stats (async version)
 * @param filePath - Path to check
 * @returns fs.Stats object or null if failed
 */
export declare function safeStatsAsync(filePath: string): Promise<fs.Stats | null>;
/**
 * Safely checks if path is a directory (sync version - DEPRECATED: use async version)
 * @param dirPath - Path to check
 * @returns true if directory exists, false otherwise
 * @deprecated Use isDirectoryAsync instead for better scalability
 */
export declare function isDirectory(dirPath: string): boolean;
/**
 * Safely checks if path is a file (sync version - DEPRECATED: use async version)
 * @param filePath - Path to check
 * @returns true if file exists, false otherwise
 * @deprecated Use isFileAsync instead for better scalability
 */
export declare function isFile(filePath: string): boolean;
/**
 * Safely checks if path is a directory (async version)
 * @param dirPath - Path to check
 * @returns true if directory exists, false otherwise
 */
export declare function isDirectoryAsync(dirPath: string): Promise<boolean>;
/**
 * Safely checks if path is a file (async version)
 * @param filePath - Path to check
 * @returns true if file exists, false otherwise
 */
export declare function isFileAsync(filePath: string): Promise<boolean>;
/**
 * Direct access to fs-extra for advanced use cases
 * For new code, prefer using fs-extra directly
 */
export { fs };
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