Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #5474: filesystem::is_directory throws an excetion when the volume does not exist

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #5474: filesystem::is_directory throws an excetion when the volume does not exist
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-20 01:54:42

#5474: filesystem::is_directory throws an excetion when the volume does not exist
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  Reporter:  Bela Babik <bela.babik@…>          |       Owner:  bemandawes
      Type:  Bugs                               |      Status:  closed    
 Milestone:  To Be Determined                   |   Component:  filesystem
   Version:  Boost Development Trunk            |    Severity:  Problem   
Resolution:  wontfix                            |    Keywords:            
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Comment (by Bela Babik <bela.babik@…>):

 "This looks like an error to me, and not something that should be swept
 under the rug. Thus I'm going to close it as wontfix."

 The library does not throw an exception on Linux systems when a directory
 does not exists because a volume is not mounted. This is the same
 situation, the drive is not present (or the filesystem can not be used by
 the OS).

 is_directory("M:\slalala") throws and exception on Windows when M: is not
 mounted, is_directory("/mnt/vol1/slalala") does not on Linux.

 I think the behaviour is inconsistent.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/5474#comment:2>
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