Re: [Boost-users] boost::filesystem::path throws exception: invalid name

From: Vivek Nallur (nallur_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-23 17:16:32

That results in a compiler error:

C2039 : default_name_check is not a member of boost::filesystem

-Vivek

On 23/05/07, Arthur Carlsson <arthur_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Set
> boost::filesystem::default_name_check(boost::filesystem::native);
> before using path objects as boost uses posix name checking by default. This
> has been changed in boost version 1.34.
>
>
> On 5/23/07, Vivek Nallur <nallur_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > My code looks something like this:
> >
> > try{
> >       fs::path full_path (fs::initial_path());
> >       full_path = fs::system_complete(fs::path(filePath,
> fs::native));
> >       fs::create_directories(full_path);
> >       INFO << "Directory successfully created: "
> >            << full_path.native_directory_string() <<
> std::endl;
> >          retval = true;
> >    }catch(std::exception& ex){
> >       WARN << "Could not create directory: " << filePath
> >            << " " << ex.what() << std::endl;
> >    }
> >    return retval;
> >
> > ==========
> >
> > When filePath is "c:\a\b\", boost throws an exception saying invalid
> > path name c:\a\b\ in path "c:\a\b\"
> > when filePath is "c:\\a\\b\\", boost throws exactly the same exception
> > when filePath is "c:/a/b/", the exception string changes saying
> > invalid path name "c:" in path "c:/a/b/"
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > -Vivek
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