[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7404: filesystem::canonical fails on UNC paths on Windows

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7404: filesystem::canonical fails on UNC paths on Windows
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-09-21 20:12:58

#7404: filesystem::canonical fails on UNC paths on Windows
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 Reporter:  Craig Dickson <cdickson@…>                    |        Type:  Bugs            
   Status:  new                                           |   Milestone:  To Be Determined
Component:  None                                          |     Version:  Boost 1.50.0    
 Severity:  Problem                                       |    Keywords:                  
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 The filesystem library function canonical(p, base) fails for all UNC paths
 on Windows because it gets an "invalid path" error when it calls
 symlink_status at line 816 of operations.cpp. Example: For the path
 "//server/share/file", the first time execution reaches line 816 of
 operations.cpp, it calls is_symlink(detail::symlink_status("//server",
 ec)) and ec is set to the Windows "invalid path" system error code.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7404>
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