Re: [boost] filesystem::create_directories error

Subject: Re: [boost] filesystem::create_directories error
From: John Bytheway (jbytheway+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-24 16:34:28

Zachary Turner wrote:
> Can you see any problem with applying a fix where we just dont remove
> the trailing slash before recursing?

I think that in POSIX, if foo is a symlink to something that doesn't
exist then exists("foo") will be true, but exists("foo/") will be false.
 In this particular algorithm I don't see this issue breaking something
that works if you make your suggested change (barring crazy race
conditions), but it could change the failure mode.

John Bytheway