Hi Ian, escape character is not the problem. I would put my code here: #include "stdafx.h"#include "Windows.h"#include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>#include <iostream>#include "string"#include "conio.h"#include "vector"#include <boost/exception/diagnostic_information.hpp> #define BOOST_WINDOWS_PATH #define BOOST_WINDOWS_APIusing namespace std;using namespace boost::filesystem; extern "C" void straight_to_debugger(unsigned int, EXCEPTION_POINTERS*){ throw;}extern "C" void (*old_translator)(unsigned, EXCEPTION_POINTERS*) = _set_se_translator(straight_to_debugger); int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]){ string _path = "E:\\doggy"; path dir_path(_path.c_str()); vector< pair<string,bool> > _file_jpeg_pair; string full_list_path = _path+"\\" + "list.txt"; string bundle_path_str = _path+"\\" + "bundle"; path bundle_path(_path.c_str()); //creating bundle directory cout<<bundle_path<<endl; //boost::system::system_error exceptions; //if( !exists( bundle_path ) ) try{ create_directory(bundle_path); } catch(boost::system::system_error const &e) { cerr<<diagnostic_information(e)<<endl; } cout<<"directory created "<<endl; getch(); return 0;} You can see that, I have used proper path. The problem is the Windows style path is getting converted somehow in POSIX format. As I printed the path and it came out to be E:/doggy Can you point me what mistake I am doing here. ThanksAvanindra --- On Mon, 13/12/10, Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett@gmail.com> wrote: From: Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost::filesystem path problem under WINDOWS To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Date: Monday, 13 December, 2010, 11:33 PM Hi avanindra, std::exception::what: boost::filesystem::create_directory: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: "E:\doggy" OK, I don't have the full story here. Is the directory name being specified in the C++ source code? If so then remember that "\" is used for character escape sequences. If you are specifying the name in the source code, you may need to type "E:\\doggy". The double "\" will resolve to a single "\" in the executable. HTH, Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org/ -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users