[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #13084: boost::filesystem::exists returns false on existing pathnames on OSX systems

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #13084: boost::filesystem::exists returns false on existing pathnames on OSX systems
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-19 20:50:40

#13084: boost::filesystem::exists returns false on existing pathnames on OSX
systems
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 Reporter:  fabrice.ducos@…    |      Owner:  bemandawes
     Type:  Bugs               |     Status:  new
Milestone:  To Be Determined   |  Component:  filesystem
  Version:  Boost 1.64.0       |   Severity:  Problem
 Keywords:  filesystem exists  |
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 boost::filesystem::exists returns false on existing pathnames,
 surprisingly.
 This behaviour could be observed at least on OSX El Capitan (10.11.6) with
 Boost 1.64.0
 On Linux, the same code works fine.

 For confirmation and reproduction, I provide a self-contained code that
 displays the output of three tests of file existence.
 It expects a pathname as its first (and only) argument.

 Here are the outputs that it gives me on Linux and OSX (when applied to an
 existing pathname):

 Linux:[[BR]]
 reply of boost::filesystem::exists: true[[BR]]
 reply of stat_exists:               true[[BR]]
 reply of stream_exists:             true[[BR]]

 OSX:[[BR]]
 reply of boost::filesystem::exists: false[[BR]]
 reply of stat_exists:               true[[BR]]
 reply of stream_exists:             true[[BR]]

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac10/boost/ticket/13084>
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