Re: [Boost-users] Is boost::filesystem::path unable to deal with hidden unix dircetories?

On 09/01/06, Hendrik Belitz wrote:

I just encountered a minor problem in boost::filesystem::path which seems to be unable to deal with hidden unix directories ( == names preceeded by an dot '.' character ). Is there any way to generate a valid path object for paths like "/foo/.bar"? Trying to create such an object from a C++ string results in an exception getting thrown.

How are you creating said path? IIRC, the default name checker won't allow filenames whose leaves start with dots for portability reasons ( some OSes don't like them ). - Scott