Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2725: boost::filesystem::exists throws on Windows if the drive letter doesn't exist

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2725: boost::filesystem::exists throws on Windows if the drive letter doesn't exist
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-20 16:16:12

#2725: boost::filesystem::exists throws on Windows if the drive letter doesn't
exist
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  Reporter:  davidjward30_at_[hidden]  |       Owner:  bemandawes
      Type:  Bugs                      |      Status:  new       
 Milestone:  Boost 1.38.0              |   Component:  filesystem
   Version:  Boost 1.37.0              |    Severity:  Problem   
Resolution:                            |    Keywords:            
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Comment(by megibson_at_[hidden]):

 If the drive does not exist, then the file does not exist.  Special cases
 are nice, but this function does not do the right thing when the drive
 does not exist.  I don't see how the previous comment is relevant.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2725#comment:2>
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