code: def nfs_path_exists(path):
      
      split_path = path.lstrip('/').split('/')
      recreated_path = '/'
      for path_element in split_path:
          if path_element not in os.listdir(recreated_path):
              return False
          recreated_path = "{}{}/".format(recreated_path, path_element)
      return True
docs: The normal HFS file system that your mac uses does not work the same way
          as the NFS file system.  In HFS, capitalization does not matter, but in
          NFS it does. This function checks if a folder exists in HFS file system
          using NFS semantics (case sensitive)