#else // !__WIN32__
wxStructStat st;
#ifndef wxNEED_WX_UNISTD_H
- return wxStat( filename.fn_str() , &st) == 0 && (st.st_mode & S_IFREG);
+ return (wxStat( filename.fn_str() , &st) == 0 && (st.st_mode & S_IFREG))
+#ifdef __OS2__
+ || (errno == EACCES) // if access is denied something with that name
+ // exists and is opened in exclusive mode.
+#endif
+ ;
#else
return wxStat( filename , &st) == 0 && (st.st_mode & S_IFREG);
#endif