Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #5652: recursive_directory_iterator fails on cyclic symbolic links

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #5652: recursive_directory_iterator fails on cyclic symbolic links
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-15 19:41:59

#5652: recursive_directory_iterator fails on cyclic symbolic links
----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------
  Reporter:  Geurt Vos <geurt.vos@…>          |       Owner:  bemandawes
      Type:  Bugs                             |      Status:  new       
 Milestone:  To Be Determined                 |   Component:  filesystem
   Version:  Boost 1.46.1                     |    Severity:  Problem   
Resolution:                                   |    Keywords:            
----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------
Changes (by Daniel Aarno <macbishop@…>):

 * cc: macbishop@… (added)

Comment:

 For efficiency reasons it would also be a good idea to first check for
 symlink_option::recurse and *then* for is_symlink, since if we are
 following symlinks we will not have to do the (expensive) call to lstat
 and we will only do an integer comparision.

-- 
Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/5652#comment:2>
Boost C++ Libraries <http://www.boost.org/>
Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries.