I would actually expect conversion to "c:\mydata\" to be native in Windows. For example: "dir c:" will list the files in the working directory. If I wanted the list of files in the root directory of "c:", I have to type "dir c:\". Each logical drive has a current directory upon which the commands are operated. Even in the GUI, typing "x:" opens the current directory in drive "x:". Completing "x:" to "x:\" is not native to Windows. Perhaphs the only place where "x:" might go to "x:\" is in Windows explorer (and this is switch in the registry I believe). However, if you type "c:" in a "Save as" dialog, it opens the application's current directory in "c:".<br><br>++Hector C.<br><br><b><i>Matt England &lt;mengland@mengland.net&gt;</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> The following is a note of my developers that was attached to a bug close <br>report.  Is this special check for to convert "x:" to
 "x:/" a good practice <br>for the Boost file-system library usage?  Is there a better way to do this <br>and/or are we missing something?<br><br>-Matt<br><br><br>The boost system_complete() function is used to convert relative paths into<br>absolute paths.  For some reason, boost interprets 'c:' as an incomplete path,<br>and the windows boost behavior is to initially complete the path to the<br>working directory.  In other words 'c:' was becoming (in my case)<br>'c:/mydata/'.<br><br>I added a check in Client.cpp to see if the --get parameter is equal to<br>'x:' and if it is, convert it to 'x:/'.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Boost-users mailing list<br>Boost-users@lists.boost.org<br>http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users<br></blockquote><br><BR><BR>----------------------------------<p>
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