Re: [boost] [filesystem] resize_file_api leaks a HANDLE

Subject: Re: [boost] [filesystem] resize_file_api leaks a HANDLE
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-12-30 10:56:54

On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Peter Dimov <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> ... when SetFilePointerEx or SetEndOfFile fails.
>
> BOOL resize_file_api(const wchar_t* p, boost::uintmax_t size)
> {
>  HANDLE handle = CreateFileW(p, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, 0, OPEN_EXISTING,
>                              FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0);
>  LARGE_INTEGER sz;
>  sz.QuadPart = size;
>  return handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE
>    && ::SetFilePointerEx(handle, sz, 0, FILE_BEGIN)
>    && ::SetEndOfFile(handle)
>    && ::CloseHandle(handle);
> }
>

 That's ticket #6945. Fixed in develop by applying patch from Kaylyn Bogle.
Fix should ship with 1.58.0

Thanks,

--Beman