Re: [Boost-users] [filesystem] is_directory on root throws

From: james.jones_at_[hidden]
Date: 2007-05-24 09:00:50

From: "David Neubelt" <david_at_[hidden]>
> I checked and verified the folder does exist, I'm guessing the problem
> is that the directory is in the format c:folder instead of c:\folder.

That most likely is the problem, since those are (probably) different directories. c:folder refers to a directory or file named "folder" in the **current working directory** of C:, whereas c:\folder refers to a directory or file named "folder" in the root of C:.

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