Re: [boost] Filesystem: remove_all should not follow symlinks

From: Walter Landry (wlandry_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-21 09:03:22

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> [Help needed from Win32 programmers on the following.]
> 
> * Can is_symbolic_link() just return false on Windows?

I'm not sure what the general answer is, but in this case you only
care about whether a link can be confused with a directory.  That is,
can is_directory() return true for shortcuts?  A similar question
arises for exists().  What does that return if the target of the
shortcut doesn't exist?

Regards,
Walter Landry
wlandry_at_[hidden]