Re: [boost] File System - unicode support

From: Ulrich Eckhardt (doomster_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-16 08:15:18

On Friday 16 May 2008 10:37:42 Enda Mannion wrote:
> I am trying to use boost filesystem.
>
>
> wchar_t* file = L"myfile";

*meeep* Wrong! Use 'wchar_t const*' instead. [Yes, that's not the issue here, 
but I just wanted to point it out. ]

> boost::filesystem::path  path(file);

Take a look at the 'wpath' class:

   typedef basic_path<std::string, path_traits>    path;
   typedef basic_path<std::wstring, wpath_traits>  wpath;

'wpath' use a wchar_t representation for a path.

Uli