boost::filesystem::path myPath = wxStandardPaths::Get().GetConfigDir().ToStdWstring();

if (myPath.has_filename())

{

myPath.remove_filename();

}

// Add the company name and check for directory existence

myPath /=wstrRBCompanyName;

if (!boost::filesystem::exists(myPath))

{

// The following test displays  the path I'd expect to see (/library/Raised Bar in my case)

wxMessageBox( myPath.native(), wstrErrorTitle, wxOK | wxICON_EXCLAMATION);

// Create the required directory - displays a message box indicating deletion of a lock file here and the app exits

boost::filesystem::create_directory(myPath);

}

This code appears to work fine on Windows, but fails on OSX 10.8. I should point out that I'm a blind programmer and I'm struggling to get Apple's VoiceOver utility to interact in a useful manner with Xcode 5's debugger and that's why I'm using a wxMessageBox to try and track down my failure.