[Boost-users] Open file name starting with "." in boost::filesystem

Hi, The following program gives some error. Can somebody let me know if it is possible to open filenames starting with "."? Thanks, Peng int main() { boost::filesystem::ofstream file(".abc"); } $ ./main-g.exe terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::filesystem::filesystem_error' what(): boost::filesystem::path: invalid name ".abc" in path: ".abc" Aborted