[boost] [filesystem] Following symlinks

From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-15 10:04:36

Suppose I want to add to simple_ls so it tells me the target of a
symlink like ls -l does.

        else if ( fs::is_symlink( dir_itr->status() ) )
        {
          ++other_count;
          std::cout << dir_itr->leaf() << " -> " <<
symlink_path(*dir_itr) << "\n";
        }

I haven't found any function to put in place of symlink_path.  Is
there one?  It can't be a path decomposition, and the only other
functions that return paths are current_path, initial_path, and the
complete functions, so I don't think there is.

~ Scott