[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4663: filesystem objects falsely identified as symlinks

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4663: filesystem objects falsely identified as symlinks
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-20 12:58:41

#4663: filesystem objects falsely identified as symlinks
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 Reporter:  Claudio Bley      |       Owner:  bemandawes
     Type:  Bugs              |      Status:  new       
Milestone:  To Be Determined  |   Component:  filesystem
  Version:  Boost 1.44.0      |    Severity:  Problem   
 Keywords:                    |  
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 Symlink status on windows is determined only by checking the
 FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT attribute.

 But, that doesn't really mean the file is a symlink as the type of a
 reparse point depends on the reparse point tag.

 If the file has the IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK or IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT
 tag, then it is some kind of symlink (junction, mount point or symlink).

 E.g. see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-

 us/library/dd541667%28PROT.13%29.aspx

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4663>
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