[Boost-users] Newbie: converting a fs::path to std::string?

From: Alan Robert Clark (a.clark_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-17 04:33:48

Morning all

I am trying to do:

<snip>
#include "boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp"
namespace fs=boost::filesystem;
int produce_lists(fs::path homedir)
{
   fs::path del_fn = homedir / ".wkhm/deletions";
   fs::path cr_fn = homedir / ".wkhm/creations";
   fs::ofstream deletionsfile (del_fn);
   fs::ofstream creationsfile (cr_fn);
   // ensure that the deletions are always transferred
   creationsfile << homedir << ".wkhm/deletions" << std::endl;
}

and the << operator does not try to convert fs::path to std:: string. 
Best way of handling this?

Any suggestions welcomed
Alan
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