Re: [boost] Extra functions for filesystem

Subject: Re: [boost] Extra functions for filesystem
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-14 12:45:43

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 04:00, Walter Landry <wlandry_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> 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?
> Otherwise, it does not seem possible to implement "cp -a".
>

I'm quite interested in readlink, since it's a prerequisite for
uncomplete ( https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1976 ).