RE: [boost] filesystem/directory example [was: ... header redux]

From: Jan Langer (jan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-09 06:15:53

On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Jeff Garland wrote:
>Seems like there are a few non-portable LOC in your program:
>Such as:
>    if ( find_file( boost_root_dir + "/status/bin/config_info.test",
>and
>    string tools_path( boost_root_dir + "/tools/build/" + compiler_name
>
>I thought at one point we talked about a way to do this.  Maybe something like:
>    if ( find_file( boost_root_dir + dir_sep() + "status" + dir_sep() + "config_info.test",
>
>So on Windows dir_sep() would be "\" and on Unix it would be "/".  Or is something in the core going
>to convert "/" to the right thing?

these things will be solved by the path manipulation functions which are
not stabilized yet. but there is a comment on this in the header of
bemans file.

i think it will be solved with something like
        compose (boost_root_dir, "tools", "build", compiler_name);

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