Hi, I am linking against all these libs /usr/lib/libboost_filesystem-mt.so;/usr/lib/libboost_system-mt.so;/usr/lib/libboost_iostreams-mt.so;/usr/lib/libboost_thread-mt.so;/usr/lib/libboost_regex-mt.so;/usr/lib/libboost_program_options-mt.so (boost 1.46 on ubuntu 12.04) but still I am getting the following link error undefined reference to `boost::filesystem3::path::stem() const help appreciated regards -- Witold Eryk Wolski Triemlistrasse 155 8047 Zuerich