Re: [boost] filesystem link error's under VC7

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-20 08:38:33

At 11:01 PM 4/6/2003, Cain O'Sullivan wrote:

 >I am trying to compile a program using the filesystem module.  I am using
 >VC7 and whenever I try to compile it get errors such as ...
 >
 >TestBoostFs error LNK2005: "public: unsigned int __thiscall
 >std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class
 >std::allocator<char> >::size(void)const "
 >(?size@?$basic_string_at_DU?$char_traits_at_D@std@@V?$allocator_at_D@2@@std@@QBEIXZ)
 >already defined in libcpd.lib(ios.obj)
 >
 >These errors occurr as soon as I add any boost::filesystem code.
 >
 >Any suggestions?

You need to create a static or dynamic library and link to it. Do that 
either by adding a library build project to your workspace/solution, or by 
running bjam in the boost root directory and letting it build the library 
(which you will need to move and/or point to so the link works).

--Beman