Re: [Boost-users] [filesystem] Strange problems on Cygwin with 1.36.0

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [filesystem] Strange problems on Cygwin with 1.36.0
From: Dave Steenburgh (dave.steenburgh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-16 22:43:01

Boris wrote:

> According to
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm#CgywinBoost.Filesystem seems to be supported on Cygwin. However with the latest
> version 1.36.0 (which I've built with BOOST_POSIX_API defined) I don't seem
> to get any Boost.Filesystem function to work on Cygwin. I'm currently
> running some test cases and had to modify them for Cygwin like this:
>

When I compiled bcp for Cygwin, I had to define BOOST_CYGWIN_PATH before it
worked correctly.  I don't remember what was wrong or what that flag
changes, so maybe someone else can explain it.