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

From: Vivek Nallur (nallur_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-23 21:19:30

Is there any mechanism to force boost to check the native filesystem
for a path format? Adding
default_name_check(boost::filesystem::native) does not seem to help.
I'm still getting the invalid name exception.

-Vivek

On 23/05/07, Vivek Nallur <nallur_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Sorry, my bad. The 'default_name_check' exists in the
> boost::filesystem::path namespace and not boost::filesystem.
>
> However, it has no effect. In other words, I still get the invalid
> name exception.
>
> I'm using Boost-1.33.1 on a windows box.
>
> -Vivek
>
> On 23/05/07, Vivek Nallur <nallur_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > 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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