+ * g_access:
+ * @filename: a pathname in the GLib file name encoding (UTF-8 on Windows)
+ * @mode: as in access()
+ *
+ * A wrapper for the POSIX access() function. This function is used to
+ * test a pathname for one or several of read, write or execute
+ * permissions, or just existence.
+ *
+ * On Windows, the file protection mechanism is not at all POSIX-like,
+ * and the underlying function in the C library only checks the
+ * FAT-style READONLY attribute, and does not look at the ACL of a
+ * file at all. This function is this in practise almost useless on
+ * Windows. Software that needs to handle file permissions on Windows
+ * more exactly should use the Win32 API.
+ *
+ * See your C library manual for more details about access().
+ *
+ * Returns: zero if the pathname refers to an existing file system
+ * object that has all the tested permissions, or -1 otherwise
+ * or on error.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.8
+ */
+int
+g_access (const gchar *filename,
+ int mode)
+{
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+ wchar_t *wfilename = g_utf8_to_utf16 (filename, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+ int retval;
+ int save_errno;
+
+ if (wfilename == NULL)
+ {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+#ifndef X_OK
+#define X_OK 1
+#endif
+
+ retval = _waccess (wfilename, mode & ~X_OK);
+ save_errno = errno;
+
+ g_free (wfilename);
+
+ errno = save_errno;
+ return retval;
+#else
+ return access (filename, mode);
+#endif
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_chmod:
+ * @filename: a pathname in the GLib file name encoding (UTF-8 on Windows)
+ * @mode: as in chmod()
+ *
+ * A wrapper for the POSIX chmod() function. The chmod() function is
+ * used to set the permissions of a file system object.
+ *
+ * On Windows the file protection mechanism is not at all POSIX-like,
+ * and the underlying chmod() function in the C library just sets or
+ * clears the FAT-style READONLY attribute. It does not touch any
+ * ACL. Software that needs to manage file permissions on Windows
+ * exactly should use the Win32 API.
+ *
+ * See your C library manual for more details about chmod().
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 if the operation succeeded, -1 on error
+ *
+ * Since: 2.8
+ */
+int
+g_chmod (const gchar *filename,
+ int mode)
+{
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+ wchar_t *wfilename = g_utf8_to_utf16 (filename, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+ int retval;
+ int save_errno;
+
+ if (wfilename == NULL)
+ {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ retval = _wchmod (wfilename, mode);
+ save_errno = errno;
+
+ g_free (wfilename);
+
+ errno = save_errno;
+ return retval;
+#else
+ return chmod (filename, mode);
+#endif
+}
+/**