[Boost-users] cross-compiling didn't work with boost:filesystem

Subject: [Boost-users] cross-compiling didn't work with boost:filesystem
From: rudy b (rudykeram_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-13 20:37:00

Hi,
I developed a code on Linux, and the only library that I used was
boost:filesystem.
I was very happy with the code on Linux, and it never gave me a
problem and never broke on me, I tried it on different scenarios and
different file types, and I had never issue with
boost::filesystem::remove(&path) function.

But, now, I needed my code on a Mac machine (but I don't have a Mac)
so I borrowed my friend's Mac, and installed xcode, and installed
boost_1.47, and I didn't get a single error or warning when installing
these packages.
As a test, I even ran some simple filesystem examples that were
provided. and they all passed.
I even used the same "make" file that I had on linux, and it worked
great on Mac. (no warnings when compiled)

But, when I tried to run my code, I was getting errors with ::remove
functions.
I am not sure, but I think part of it was because I may have read-only
permission on some of the files, and maybe that is why it complained,
although I never had this problem in Linux.
Also, another part of it could be because of the file naming with
white space between its characters: (e.g. "my document.txt" because of
this space).

I don't know, but I thought that "boost::filesystem" should be
independent of the developing platform, and that I could be fairly
confident that if it works on one platform (Linux), it should be
working on another one (Mac).

Any idea, what I am doing wrong, and how this can be fixed?

thanks,
RB