Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4823: tellg () function of ifstream object is returning -1 for /proc virtual file system files.

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4823: tellg () function of ifstream object is returning -1 for /proc virtual file system files.
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-04 13:05:49

#4823: tellg () function of ifstream object is returning -1 for /proc virtual file
system files.
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  Reporter:  pmanth2@…            |       Owner:  bemandawes
      Type:  Bugs                 |      Status:  closed    
 Milestone:  To Be Determined     |   Component:  filesystem
   Version:  Boost 1.44.0         |    Severity:  Problem   
Resolution:  invalid              |    Keywords:            
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Changes (by bemandawes):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid

Comment:

 This query is about how standard library <fstream> works; it has nothing
 to do with any Boost libraries. Thus I'm closing it as "invalid".

 To find out why your code works the way it does, you might want to look at
 your operating systems's documentation of how virtual files are reported
 via the applications program interface (API).

 HTH,

 --Beman

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