boost::filesystem::path("c:\\test.txt", boost::filesystem::native);

Alas, this does not work. The colon (:) is not accepted by the name_check function. I tried to fix it by using my own name check, and by replacing the backslash with slash (although I would be surprised if these tricks would be necessary) path::name_check newNameCheck = &my_windows_name; boost::filesystem::path testPath("c:/test.txt", newNameCheck); std::cout << testPath.native_file_string(); In this case, the path constructor accepts its argument, but native_file_string() returns c:test.txt instead of c:/test.txt. --- "Andriy Tylychko (mail.ru)" <telya@mail.ru> wrote:

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For instance, if the path should point to c:\test.txt (on a Windows system), what is the portable filename that I should pass to the boost::filesystem::path constructor?

boost::filesystem::path("c:\\test.txt", boost::filesystem::native);

Best regards, Andriy Tylychko, telya@mail.ru

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-----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Maarten Nieber Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 3:07 PM To: Boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: [Boost-users] [Filesystem] Drive letter in argument forboost::filesystem::path

Dear boost users,

can anybody explain how to pass a filename containing a (windows) drive letter into a boost::filesystem::path?

For instance, if the path should point to c:\test.txt (on a Windows system), what is the portable filename that I should pass to the boost::filesystem::path constructor?

Thanks in advance! Maarten

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