[boost] Re: [Boost-bugs] [ boost-Bugs-1164057 ]boost::filesystem::exists has bugs with UNC paths

From: Robert Mathews (rmathews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-17 09:56:13

Hi:

Can anyone actually comment on when or if this bug might actually get fixed?
It's an obvious bug, the fix is a trivial amount of work - it comes with a
patch that I've tested on Win32 ....

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> Bugs item #1164057, was opened at 2005-03-15 14:02
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> Status: Open
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> Priority: 5
> Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
> Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
> Summary: boost::filesystem::exists has bugs with UNC paths
>
> Initial Comment:
> boost::filesystem::exists(path("//computer")) always
> fails, even if the computer exists.
> boost::filesystem::exists(path("//computer/share"))
> always succeeds, even if the share doesn't exist.
>
> The attached patch fixes this by:
> - always succeeding for //computer (this is better than
> always failing)
> - correctly detecting the existance or not of a share.
> (The problem here was that the code was missing an
> error code check)
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