[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6884: Add functionality to enumerate filesystem roots

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6884: Add functionality to enumerate filesystem roots
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-09 23:51:47

#6884: Add functionality to enumerate filesystem roots
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 Reporter:  Erik Jensen <Erik.Jensen@…>         |       Owner:  bemandawes    
     Type:  Feature Requests                    |      Status:  new           
Milestone:  To Be Determined                    |   Component:  filesystem    
  Version:  Boost 1.49.0                        |    Severity:  Not Applicable
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 Unlike POSIX systems, which root everything at '/', some systems (notably
 Windows) provide multiple filesystem roots.

 In order to abstract this difference in a cross-platform way, I propose
 that a new function be added to boost::filesystem to return a list of path
 objects, one for each filesystem root. On a POSIX system, this would
 simply return !["/"], but on Windows, it would return, e.g., ["C:/",
 "D:/"]. This would make it possible to implement something like a
 filesystem browser in a platform-independent manner.

 There is precedence for this functionality in several cross-platform
 libraries, including Java (File.listRoots), Qt (QDir::drives), and Poco
 (Poco::Path::listRoots).

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6884>
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