Re: [Boost-users] [filesystem] Can't create absolute paths fromstringson windows

From: Ken Klose (ken.klose_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-29 15:56:22

Anders,

Thanks for taking the time to help me out! I guess my question wasn't 100% 
clear. I've already figured out that I'm going to deliver a static lib along 
with some (but not all header files).

My question is more on how to organize my project to facilitate this. Right 
now I've got the project folder full of cpp and h files. As it stands when 
delivery time comes I'll build the lib and manually copy it along with some 
of the header files onto a disk. This doesn't strike me as being the "right 
way". I'm hoping you (and/or someone else) can say "we organize our cpp 
files like xxx" and "the header files that are for our use only go here, and 
the header files we deliver go here". Etc.

Thanks,

Ken

"Ken Klose" <ken.klose_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:f0o5fn$npl$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
>I read this in the boost docs:
>
> Rationale: It is not considered an error for rhs to include a 
> root-directory because m_name might be relative or empty, and thus it is 
> valid for rhs to supply root-directory.  For example, on Windows, the 
> following must succeed:
>
> path p( "c:", native );
> p /= "/foo";
> assert( p.string() == "c:/foo" );
>
> So I tried the code and the first line blew up:
> boost::filesystem::path: invalid name "c:" in path: "c:"
>
> Thanks
>
> "Ken Klose" <ken.klose_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:f0nuro$tb2$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
>> 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.