[Boost-users] [filesystem] filesystem::absolute() doesn't work with ../relative_path or ./relative_path

In boost 1.47.0 filesystem v3, boost::filesystem::absolute only appends the relative path to base path. It should also remove "./" from relative paths and "backtrack" on base path if relative path contains "../../" etc. For example, Input: "d:\current\path" ".\..\relative\path" Result obtained: "d:\current\path\.\..\relative\path" Desired result: "d:\current\relative\path" I have created a trac ticket for the same: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/5988 SG