[Boost-users] help with filesystem

From: Polder, Matthew J (matthew.j.polder_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-01 12:07:35

Hi,
 
I started using filesystem, regex, and bind today. It's been
interesting. 
 
I'm using Visual C++ 8.0 on an XP machine that has network filesystems
mounted to it, some using letters (H:\, Y:\, etc.), some accessable via
two slashes (//linden/temp/, etc). I'd like to peruse these using
boost::filesystem.
 
The following works:
 

std::string t = "h:\\temp";
boost::filesystem::path p(t, boost::filesystem::native);
 
but I can't get filesystem to work with the string "h:/temp";
 
std::string s = p.string(); // s = "h:/temp"
 
bool b = boost::filesystem::portable_posix_name(s); //returns false
b = boost::filesystem::windows_name(s); //returns false
b = boost::filesystem::portable_name(s); //returns false
b = boost::filesystem::portable_directory_name(s); //returns false
b = boost::filesystem::portbale_file_name(s); //returns false
b = boost::filesystem::native(s); //returns false
 
Also, I'd like to do the following
 
std::string q = "//linden/temp/";
boost::filesystem::path p2(q);
 
Any help is appreciated.

thanks,
matthew