As per the subject line, I have a rather noobish question about using the boost::filesystem tools, specifically the path object.  The idea here is that I want to start my program by removing the "tmp" directory in the current process context if it exists to ensure a clean working environment for the remainder of the process.  To the code:
<br><br>...<br>boost::filesystem::path tmp_dir (&quot;tmp&quot;, boost::filesystem::native);&nbsp; // get a native handle for &quot;./tmp&quot;<br>boost::filesystem::remove_all (tmp_dir);&nbsp; // clean out this tree in the fs<br>...
<br><br>This code acts as expected on linux.&nbsp; On windows, it causes a crash.&nbsp; The debugger shows the tmp_dir.m_path._Bx is a bad pointer, indicating to me that the constructor failed somewhere along the way.&nbsp; My questions are these:
<br><br>(1) Is there any error checking I can perform to verify that the path() constructor succeeds, such as a null pointer value or a boolean flag within the data type?<br>(2) Is there something about my code which is linux/POSIX specific?
<br>(3) Am I missing something else entirely?<br><br>I'm using boost 1.33.0 and have a mess of other functioning code which suggests that my configuration/installation is correct on both platforms.<br><br>Thanks in advance!
<br><br>-Nick Dimiduk<br>