Re: [Boost-users] Problem with fs::path initialization in windows

From: Heiko Fechner (fechner_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-12 10:12:52

Hi,

try this
fs::path full_path( "C:\\cygwin\\boost", fs::native );

Nat Goodspeed schrieb:
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Timo
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 6:41 AM
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [Boost-users] Problem with fs::path initialization in windows
> 
> I have a little problem with initialization of boost filesystem path.
> I'm 
> working on Cygwin in Windows XP.
> 
> But when I try to use a path of my own, say:
>  c
> I get thrown with an exception. Same deal with the rest of the
> combinations 
> I can think of:
> C:/cygwin/boost
> c:/cygwin/boost.
> c/cygwin and
> /cygwin don't throw but the paths are not found.
> 
> So how do initialize the fs::path with a Windows type of directory path?
> 
> [Nat] Have you tried something like:
> fs::path full_path("some string", fs::no_check);
> ?
> I've found that the best policy with boost::filesystem is to explicitly
> disable its name check on every instantiation. In fact I've introduced a
> local subclass with a constructor accepting a path string; the
> constructor simply passes the string to the base-class constructor along
> with boost::filesystem::no_check.
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