RE: [boost] [ boost-Bugs-1164057 ]boost::filesystem::exists has b ugs with UNC paths

From: Martin Bonner (martin.bonner_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-17 11:59:17

----Original Message----
From: Robert Mathews [mailto:rmathews_at_[hidden]]
Sent: 17 March 2005 14:56
To: boost_at_[hidden]
Subject: [boost] Re: [Boost-bugs] [ boost-Bugs-1164057
]boost::filesystem::exists has bugs with UNC paths 

>> Initial Comment:
>> boost::filesystem::exists(path("//computer")) always
>> fails, even if the computer exists.

I shall call this, Issue A.

>> boost::filesystem::exists(path("//computer/share"))
>> always succeeds, even if the share doesn't exist.

... and this Issue B.

> 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 ....

Well, as I have indicated above, there are two separate and distinct issues.

Issue B does seem like a bug to me.  On the other hand, does your fix change
it so that //computer/printer is reported as a filesystem?  That would be a
step backwards.

Issue A seems correct behaviour to me.  A server is *not* a filesystem - it
is a place that filesystems can be found.

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