+#if defined( __WINDOWS__ )
+static bool wxCheckWin32Permission(const wxString& path, DWORD access)
+{
+ // quoting the MSDN: "To obtain a handle to a directory, call the
+ // CreateFile function with the FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS flag", but this
+ // doesn't work under Win9x/ME but then it's not needed there anyhow
+ bool isdir = wxDirExists(path);
+ if ( isdir && wxGetOsVersion() == wxOS_WINDOWS_9X )
+ {
+ // FAT directories always allow all access, even if they have the
+ // readonly flag set
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ HANDLE h = ::CreateFile
+ (
+ path.c_str(),
+ access,
+ FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
+ NULL,
+ OPEN_EXISTING,
+ isdir ? FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS : 0,
+ NULL
+ );
+ if ( h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )
+ CloseHandle(h);
+
+ return h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+}
+#endif // __WINDOWS__
+
+bool wxIsWritable(const wxString &path)
+{
+#if defined( __UNIX__ ) || defined(__OS2__)
+ // access() will take in count also symbolic links
+ return access(wxConvFile.cWX2MB(path), W_OK) == 0;
+#elif defined( __WINDOWS__ )
+ return wxCheckWin32Permission(path, GENERIC_WRITE);
+#else
+ wxUnusedVar(path);
+ // TODO
+ return false;
+#endif
+}
+
+bool wxIsReadable(const wxString &path)
+{
+#if defined( __UNIX__ ) || defined(__OS2__)
+ // access() will take in count also symbolic links
+ return access(wxConvFile.cWX2MB(path), R_OK) == 0;
+#elif defined( __WINDOWS__ )
+ return wxCheckWin32Permission(path, GENERIC_READ);
+#else
+ wxUnusedVar(path);
+ // TODO
+ return false;
+#endif
+}
+
+bool wxIsExecutable(const wxString &path)
+{
+#if defined( __UNIX__ ) || defined(__OS2__)
+ // access() will take in count also symbolic links
+ return access(wxConvFile.cWX2MB(path), X_OK) == 0;
+#elif defined( __WINDOWS__ )
+ return wxCheckWin32Permission(path, GENERIC_EXECUTE);
+#else
+ wxUnusedVar(path);
+ // TODO
+ return false;
+#endif
+}
+