Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3597: Extending boost::filesystem to operate on other fs-like objects

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3597: Extending boost::filesystem to operate on other fs-like objects
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-18 02:38:03

#3597: Extending boost::filesystem to operate on other fs-like objects
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 Reporter:  oakad@…           |       Owner:  bemandawes    
     Type:  Feature Requests  |      Status:  assigned      
Milestone:                    |   Component:  filesystem    
  Version:  Boost 1.43.0      |    Severity:  Not Applicable
 Keywords:                    |  
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Comment(by oakad@…):

 I'm working on a project where having a "user-space vfs" is helpful, and,
 additionally, this sort of thing is implemented in most user environments
 out there, in different and incompatible ways.

 It will be nice to have an extension mechanism for the filesystem library
 allowing operations on generic uris of sort:

 path tar_path("tar:tarfile.tar/"); // creates an uri pointing to root
 entry in tar file

 directory_iterator iter(tar_path);

 // do stuff with directory iterators
 // possibly, allow actual opening and reading (writing?) of referenced
 files

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3597#comment:2>
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