--- a/common/portpath.c	Wed Mar 26 09:10:46 2014 +0100
+++ b/common/portpath.c	Wed Mar 26 09:12:10 2014 +0100
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 
 char *
@@ -12,10 +15,18 @@
 #ifndef _WIN32
   return dirname(path);
 #else
-  fprintf(stderr, "Windows Suport missing!");
-  abort();
+  char drive[_MAX_DRIVE];
+  char dir[_MAX_DIR];
+  _splitpath(path, drive, dir, NULL, NULL);
+  size_t dlen = strlen(dir);
+  if ((dlen > 0) &&
+      ((dir[dlen-1] == '/') || (dir[dlen-1] == '\\')))
+    dir[dlen-1] = '\0';
+  /* We assume: drive + dir is shorter than
+   * drive + dir + fname + ext */
+  sprintf(path, "%s%s", drive, dir);
+  return path;
 #endif
- 
 }
 
 char *
@@ -24,7 +35,46 @@
 #ifndef _WIN32
   return realpath(path, NULL);
 #else
-  fprintf(stderr, "Windows Suport missing!");
-  abort();
+  char *fp = _fullpath(NULL, path, 0);
+  if (port_fileexits(fp))
+    return fp;
+  else
+    return NULL;
 #endif
 }
+
+bool
+port_fileexits(char *path)
+{
+  int ret;
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  struct stat sb;
+  ret = stat(path, &sb);
+#else
+  struct _stat sb;
+  ret = _stat(path, &sb);
+#endif
+
+  if (ret == 0)
+    return true;
+  else
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool
+port_isdir(char *path)
+{
+  int ret;
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  struct stat sb;
+  ret = stat(path, &sb);
+#else
+  struct _stat sb;
+  ret = _stat(path, &sb);
+#endif
+
+  if ((ret == 0) && S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode))
+    return true;
+  else
+    return false;
+}