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From: me22 (me22.ca_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-30 10:19:27


On 10/30/06, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the following program and files .test.seg and test.seg. I try
> to run the main program. It seems that boost filesystem doesn't
> recognize file name starting with a dot.
>
> Is it a bug in boost filesystem. Or I didn't use it properly?
>
http://boost.org/libs/filesystem/doc/portability_guide.htm#name_check%c2%ad_functions

If you use the default constructor for path, then it uses a name
checker that doesn't allow filenames starting with dots. This was
intended to promote portability, but has been found to be a bad idea
and will not be in boost 1.34 (nor is it in the tr2 proposal).

~ SWMc


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