Re: Newbie needs help w/VC6 & filesystem (take 2)

From: John B. Williston (yg-boost-users_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-16 13:05:31

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 13:48:39 -0400, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

>Could the problem be that you are trying to use the current Filesystem 
>stuff with Boost 1.28.0?

I suppose so. As I hopefully indicated, I'm a complete newbie to using
Boost. I've been aware of it for a while, but it was only a day or two
ago that I downloaded the latest official release available. As I
check the directory name, it indeed seems to be v1.28.0.

>I've only been testing the Filesystem Library with the current Boost CVS, 
>which has many, many changes since 1.28.0 was released.

Ok, so if that's the problem, then I have to plead ignorance yet again
and ask another question: how do I get the "current Boost CVS"? I know
CVS is some sort of versioning system, but that's about all I know
about it.

>Does sample code from other Boost libraries compile and run OK for you?

I do not know. The only things I've tried to use to date (viz., the
dir_it and filesystem libs) both fail with all sorts of heinous
errors. I haven't tried any of the other stuff yet.

John