diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index caff55abe6..d531907a27 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+19990905-02:47 EDT Paul Tucker <ptucker@sympatico.ca>
+  * source/rtl/filesys.c
+    * casts on access() and in HB_FILE
+
 19990904-23:35 EDT David G. Holm <dholm@jsd-llc.com>
   * include/hbver.h
     * Bumped revision from "a" to "b".
diff --git a/harbour/source/rtl/filesys.c b/harbour/source/rtl/filesys.c
index 1ed8ad1956..92325c4fa6 100644
--- a/harbour/source/rtl/filesys.c
+++ b/harbour/source/rtl/filesys.c
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ BOOL hb_fsFile ( BYTE * pFilename )
 /* TODO: Check if F_OK is defined in all compilers */
 #ifdef OS_UNIX_COMPATIBLE
 
-         is_file = ( access( pFilename, F_OK ) == 0 );
+         is_file = ( access( (const char *)pFilename, F_OK ) == 0 );
 
 #else
 
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ BOOL hb_fsFile ( BYTE * pFilename )
 
    #else
 
-         is_file = ( access( pFilename, 0 ) == 0 );
+         is_file = ( access( (const char *)pFilename, 0 ) == 0 );
 
    #endif
 
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ HARBOUR HB_FILE( void )
    {
       if( ISCHAR( 1 ) )
       {
-         hb_retl( hb_fsFile( hb_parc( 1 ) ) );
+         hb_retl( hb_fsFile( (BYTE *)hb_parc( 1 ) ) );
       }
       else
          hb_retl( FALSE );