RE: [Boost-users] boost::filesystem::exists() & GetfileAttributesA

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-24 20:33:52

At 11:50 AM 3/23/2004, Simon Hammett wrote:
 >IIRC,
 >
 >We had a similar problem in one of our apps with GetFileAttributesA. The
 >solution was to switch to FindFirstFile, FindClose, giving raise to the
 >suspicion that some implementations of GetFileAttributes are broken.

That would be a truly horrible bug. GetFileAttributes() isn't just some 
minor, rarely used function. It is critical to the correct operation of a 
number of Boost.Filesystem functions, and I'd guess many tens of thousands 
of other applications. It is hard to imagine a Windows system staying 
stable if GetFileAttributes() failed very often.

I'm going to be travelling over the next few days and can't research this. 
Could someone post a description on 
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel and see if those folks have any 
insights? You can use google groups via 
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group=microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel

Thanks,

--Beman