Re: [boost] boost::filesystem::remove_all trouble

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-18 16:38:39

At 03:49 PM 12/18/2003, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
 >hi there,
 >
 >I'm trying to use the fs::remove_all function but I only
 >have mixed success. The application gets stuck one time
 >out of two in the process.
 >
 >I copied the relevant code from 'operations_posix_windows.cpp'
 >into the application to be able to debug it and I see that it stops
 >somewhere in the middle of the (recursive) call, as if the
 >directory_iterator wouldn't work reliably.
 >
 >Do you know about any issues associated with that function ?
 >I'm running boost 1.30.2 on RH 8 with g++ 3.2, in case
 >it matters.

There has been a change in that code in CVS to bypass symlinks to 
directories, as suggested by Walter Landry.

Could you be a little more specific about what you mean when you say 
"stops". "stops" as in hangs, loops, or returns without completing all 
operations?

Thanks,

--Beman