Re: Compile error using property_tree

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-09-10 15:59:06

On 9/10/2019 7:00 AM, Rui Pedro via Boost-users wrote:
> Hello guys,
> I wanted to use boost to parse an INI file. in my code i used this includes:
> #include "boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp"
> #include "boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp"
> 
> when I compile my code "g++ test.cpp -o Test" with only this two 
> includes I get an error from one of the included files:
> 
> In file included from test.cpp:15:0:
> boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp:15:45: fatal error: 
> boost/property_tree/ptree_fwd.hpp: File or directory not found
>   #include <boost/property_tree/ptree_fwd.hpp>
>                                               ^
> compilation terminated.
> 
> 
> This is an error in the ptree.hpp imported file. Maybe this has a quick 
> fix but I'm kinda new to C++. I've checked and both files exist 
> (boost/property_tree/ptree and boost/property_tree/ptree_fwd.hpp).

You need an "-Itop-level-boost-directory" parameter.