[Boost-users] Is boost::filesystem::path unable to deal with hidden unix dircetories?

From: Hendrik Belitz (h.belitz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-09 04:38:44

Dear boost users and developers,

I just encountered a minor problem in boost::filesystem::path which seems to 
be unable to deal with hidden unix directories ( == names preceeded by an dot 
'.' character ). Is there any way to generate a valid path object for paths 
like "/foo/.bar"? Trying to create such an object from a C++ string results 
in an exception getting thrown.

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