Re: [Boost-users] FileSystem - Test if file exists without opening the file?

From: Jeff Dunlap (jeff_j_dunlap_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-26 16:04:24

Luca Cappa <luca.cappa <at> sequoia.it> writes:

> path filepath;// this is a path to a file
> if (exists(filepath) && !is_directory(filepath))
> {
> ... the file is there
> }

Thank you.  I can make it work with relative paths such as:

fs::path file_path( "test2/dir1/file01.txt" ); // works
fs::path file_path( "somefile.txt" ); // works

I just cannot figure out now is how to specify the drive and directory:

fs::path file_path( "C:/Logs/log.txt" );  // does not work

I need the ability to specify the explicit path since my paths will be provided
at runtime (from user input and INI files) therefore I cannot rely on paths
relative to the application.

Thanks in advance