[Boost-users] [filesystem] Can't create absolute paths from strings on windows

From: Ken Klose (ken.klose_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-25 12:15:50

 cout << "init path " << initial_path().string() << endl;
 cout << "init path exists " << exists(initial_path()) << endl;

prints:

init path C:/Documents and Settings/me/workspace/3.2/DciApiTest
init path exists 1

But if I try to construct the same path from a string: I get:

  path init_path2(initial_path().string(), no_check);   // I've also tried 
'native' checker
  cout << "init path 2 " << init_path2.string() << endl;
  cout << "init path 2 exists " << exists(init_path2) << endl;

I get:

init path 2 C:Documents and Settings/ken.klose/workspace/3.2/DciApiTest
init path 2 exists 0

The / after the : gets lost and therefore the file isn't found.

Thanks in advance!

BTW: Using MinGW.