Re: [Boost-users] Problem with installing Boost man

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-09 11:23:24

On Sunday 09 November 2003 12:55 am, Alex Vinokur wrote:

> tar: boost_1_30_0/doc/man/man3/boost\:\:any.3: Cannot open: No such file or
> directory tar: boost_1_30_0/doc/man/man3/boost\:\:any_cast.3: Cannot open:
> No such file or directory tar:
[snip]
> What is wrong?

The Windows file system can't store filenames with ':' in them, but having ':' 
is nice so that one can type
  man boost::function

We could generate a Cygwin version that uses '_' instead of ':', if that would 
help, although it's a bit more ugly to type
  man boost__function

        Doug