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From: Hughes, James (jhughes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-31 03:43:30


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> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of
> Edward Diener
> Sent: 31 August 2007 00:05
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [Boost-users] [Filesystem] Native Pathname Format
>
> I can not determine from the Filesystem documentation, nor
> the reference documentation which comes with it, what is the
> acceptable syntax for the native pathname format. It appears
> one must start the native pathname format with //: in order
> for it to be recognized, but I can not tell from what appears
> to me to be very confusing documentation whether this is so
> for the Boost Fileystem implementation. This would mean,
> let's say under Windows, that "c:\afile" would not be
> recognized but that "//:c:\afile" would be recognized, as far
> as I can make out from the documentation. It sure is confusing IMO.
>
> Can anybody clarify how this works for Filesystem and/or
> where there is a clear explanation of how it works in the
> documentation ?

Take a look at the code itself - it's pretty self explanatory. Native
means precisely that - it uses the native OS format (which reading the
code is windows or posix in 1.33 - see the checker functions)

Boost/filesystem/Path.hpp

Have to agree on the docs though - very hard to read or find anything
you want, probably because of the TR1 requirement being unreadable in
the first place!

James

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