+// if the platform doesn't have symlinks, define wxCRT_Lstat to be the same as
+// wxCRT_Stat to avoid #ifdefs in the code using it
+#ifndef wxHAS_NATIVE_LSTAT
+ #define wxCRT_Lstat wxCRT_Stat
+#endif
+
+inline int wxAccess(const wxString& path, mode_t mode)
+ { return wxCRT_Access(path.fn_str(), mode); }
+inline int wxOpen(const wxString& path, int flags, mode_t mode)
+ { return wxCRT_Open(path.fn_str(), flags, mode); }
+
+// FIXME-CE: provide our own implementations of the missing CRT functions
+#ifndef __WXWINCE__
+inline int wxStat(const wxString& path, wxStructStat *buf)
+ { return wxCRT_Stat(path.fn_str(), buf); }
+inline int wxLstat(const wxString& path, wxStructStat *buf)
+ { return wxCRT_Lstat(path.fn_str(), buf); }
+inline int wxRmDir(const wxString& path)
+ { return wxCRT_RmDir(path.fn_str()); }
+#if defined(__WINDOWS__) || (defined(__OS2__) && defined(__WATCOMC__))
+inline int wxMkDir(const wxString& path, mode_t WXUNUSED(mode) = 0)
+ { return wxCRT_MkDir(path.fn_str()); }
+#else
+inline int wxMkDir(const wxString& path, mode_t mode)
+ { return wxCRT_MkDir(path.fn_str(), mode); }
+#endif
+#endif // !__WXWINCE__
+