[boost] Re: [Boost.Test] New testing procedure?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-31 11:48:18

"Rozental, Gennadiy" <gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> FYI, if there are no files in that directory of the 
>> repository, cvs will generally not create the directory on 
>> update/checkout.  Not sure what's happening here, but you 
>> might just have to add a dummy file to ensure it gets created.
>
> This directory have some files already.
>  
>> That said, Boost tests should be able to be run from a 
>> read-only CVS tree, so if you're creating files you probably 
>> ought to do it elsewhere (like /tmp/...).
>
> Could you show how to do this portably?

I don't know how to do it portably.  The filesystem lib should
provide an API, but it doesn't yet.

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