Re: [Boost-users] Directory_Iterator -> hangs app

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-08 08:25:21

>> I am still stuck with this issue of a directory_iterator causing a
>> hang when it is declared. This is one of the most bizarre things I
>> have ever encountered.
>>
>> Some more clues have arisen since my last post:
>>
>> - Upon hanging, I now get a message box:
>> Unhandled exception at 0x77e73887 in PICtool-w32.exe: Microsoft C++
>> exception: boost::filesystem::filesystem_error @ 0x0012f170. I seem
>> to be getting *somewhere* although the message seems very vague.

Have you tried adding a try/catch(filesystem_error const & e) block around 
the offending operations and printing e.what() to see what the error is?