[boost] Re: [filesystem] new functions proposals

From: Jason House (jhouse_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-17 14:08:19

:blat ???

1. I have no clue what that would mean
2. Is there any handling of :blat in any way shape or form in the file
system stuff?  I don't remember seeing any description of that case...

Carl Daniel wrote:
> 
> James Curran wrote:
> > Vladimir Prus wrote:
> >> The intent is to get/change the part of leaf name after the first
> >> dot.
> >
> >     um.. After the FIRST dot or the LAST dot.
> >
> >     In Win32, "james.m.curran.txt" the extention is "txt", not
> > "m.curran.txt"
> 
> Note too that on Windows/NTFS, names like 'c:/foo/bar.baz.blip:blat' are
> legal.  The 'extension' is '.blip', not '.baz.blip' and not
> '.baz.blip:blat'.
> 
> The very existence of such special cases probably means that such a function
> would be a good addition to the filesystem library.
> 
> -cd
> 
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