Re: [Boost-users] boost::filesystem bug for win98

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-07 08:35:02

At 07:58 PM 3/15/2005, Sebastien Martel wrote:
 >Hello,
 >
 >      The windows implementation for find_first_file is flawed for
 >      windows 98. The problem is appending \* to the dir path: this is
 >      not supported for win98.
 >
 >      Here is a possible fix that has been working for me quite well.
 >
 >    inline const char *  find_first_file( const char * dir,
 >        BOOST_HANDLE & handle, BOOST_SYSTEM_DIRECTORY_TYPE & data )
 >    {
 >    //    std::cout << "find_first_file " << dir << std::endl;
 >
 >        // \* is not supported on win98
 >        //std::string dirpath( std::string(dir) + "\\*" );
 >
 >        std::string dirpath( dir );
 >        dirpath += ( dirpath.empty() || dirpath[dirpath.size()-1] != '\\' 
)
 >? "\\*" : "*";
 >
 >        return ( (handle = ::FindFirstFileA( dirpath.c_str(), &data ))
 >        == BOOST_INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ) ? 0 : data.cFileName;
 >    }

OK, fixed in CVS for both HEAD and i18n branch.

Sorry for the delay.

--Beman