Avoid deleting /dev/null when run as root (#1068)

Co-authored-by: Andrew Wood <andrew@fluidgravity.co.uk>
ocrmypdf · Feb 1, 2023 · 997380e · 997380e
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diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py b/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def is_file_writable(test_file: os.PathLike) -> bool:
             p = p.resolve(strict=False)
 
         # p.is_file() throws an exception in some cases
-        if p.exists() and p.is_file():
+        if p.exists() and (p.is_file() or p.samefile(os.devnull)):
             return os.access(
                 os.fspath(p),
                 os.W_OK,