Re: [Boost-users] Re: boost::filesystem problems

From: Victor A. Wagner Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-18 00:47:41

At Tuesday 2004-08-17 15:14, you wrote:

>"Delfin Rojas" <drojas_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
>news:200408172140.i7HLeBjj028031_at_patti.moodlogic.com...
> > Hi Carlo,
> >
> > I just wanted to point out native_file_string is part of
> > boost::filesystem::path and copy_file and rename_file (actually
>called
> > rename) are part of boost::filesystem (operations.hpp).
> >
> > As far as file size I think you can get it from the stream.
>
>Yes, but std::streamoff is not guaranteed to be large enough to hold
>the size of really huge files.

really? how'd the committee manage to mess that one up? or are  you saying 
some implementations are deficient in their specification of std::streamoff?

>  operations.hpp in the current CVS
>contains this:
>
>    boost::intmax_t file_size( const path & ph );
>
>Jonathan
>
>
>
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