Re: [boost] Extra functions for filesystem

Subject: Re: [boost] Extra functions for filesystem
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-14 08:41:55

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Walter Landry <wlandry_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> A long, long time ago, I proposed adding a few more convenience
> functions to filesystem.
>
>  http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2006/08/109740.php
>
> Despite a positive response and a followup patch, those functions
> never got incorporated.  Did it just fall through the cracks, or was
> there a more substantive reason those functions never got added?

AFAIK, it just fell through the cracks. I've created a ticket, #2657
so that won't happen this time around.

> Otherwise, it does not seem possible to implement "cp -a".

Interesting.

I'd appreciate it if you could send me your patches. That might speed
up the process a bit.

Thanks,

--Beman