Commit f4cc54cb47 (shipped as part of the 7.29.0 release) was a
bug fix that introduced a regression in that while trying to avoid
allowing directory names, it also forbade "special" files like character
devices and more. like "/dev/null" as was used by Oliver who reported
this regression.
Reported by: Oliver Gondža
Bug: http://curl.haxx.se/mail/archive-2013-02/0040.html
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