Re: [Boost-users] filesystem::path noobish question

From: Jeff F (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-27 14:47:13

  ...

  try
  {
     boost::filesystem::path tmp_dir ("tmp", boost::filesystem::native);
     boost::filesystem::remove_all (tmp_dir);
     std::string tmp_path (tmp_dir.string().c_str());
  }
  catch (boost::filesystem::filesystem_error & e)
  {
     std::cerr << "boost filesystem exception thrown!" << std::endl;
     exit (1);
  }
  catch (...)
  {
     std::cerr << "Exception thrown!" << std::endl;
     exit (1);
  }

  No exceptions thrown. The tmp_path constructor fails with an access violation where the pointer tmp_dir.m_path._Bx is a bad pointer.  I would expect an exception from both the path constructor and the remove_all call, but they silently fail. 

  I can change the construction code to look like the following an it does not affect the situation in any way:

     boost::filesystem::path env_path;
     env_path /= "tmp";
Is this v1.33.0 or v1.33.1? Have you tried: catch ( const std::exception& e)?

What compiler? version? ...

Can you supply a complete minimal source code example that demonstrates the problem?

Jeff Flinn