Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.FileSystem] File or Wildcards in Path? How-to do this?

From: Nat Goodspeed (nat_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-02 16:16:04

Lawrence Spector wrote:

>             std::string folderName = "C:\\*.sys";
>             boost::filesystem::path fsDirectoryPath =
>                   boost::filesystem::system_complete(
>                         boost::filesystem::path(folderName, 
> boost::filesystem::native));
>             boost::filesystem::directory_iterator end_iter;
> 
>             for (boost::filesystem::directory_iterator 
> dir_itr(fsDirectoryPath);
>                   dir_itr != end_iter; ++dir_itr) // throws exception
>             {
>                   std::cout << "Contains the following file: " << 
> dir_itr->string() << std::endl;
>             } // end for
> 
> When I do this, I get the following exception:
> 
> boost::filesystem::basic_directory_iterator constructor

   Are you using Boost 1.34? If not, it might be worth trying. If I'm 
right about the exception you're getting, I believe it's been eliminated 
in 1.34.
   If you're locked into a previous version of Boost, try passing 
boost::filesystem::no_check instead of boost::filesystem::native.