Hi Jeff, Thanks for the reply. I caught the exception using this code:   try{   create_directory(bundle_path);  }  catch(boost::system::system_error const &e)  {   cerr<,struct boost::filesystem::path_traits> > > >std::exception::what: boost::filesystem::create_directory: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: "E:\doggy" Can you point me what mistake I am doing here?..I believe the syntax of path is correct. ThanksAvanindra --- On Mon, 13/12/10, Jeff Flinn wrote: From: Jeff Flinn Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost::filesystem path problem under WINDOWS To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Date: Monday, 13 December, 2010, 8:33 PM avanindra singh wrote:

Hi,   Here is the code snippet I am using under windows in VS2008.   #define BOOST_WINDOWS_PATH #define BOOST_WINDOWS_API

You shouldn't be manually defining these, and would normally get a compile error...

#include "stdafx.h"

but you probably are configure to use precompiled headers, so anything before stdafx.h is ignored.

#include #include #include <iostream> #include "string" #include "conio.h" #include "vector"   using namespace std; using namespace boost::filesystem;     int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { string _path = "E:\\doggy"; path dir_path(_path.c_str()); vector< pair > _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<

Catch the unhandled exception and see what the problem is. Filesystem throws boost::system::system_error exceptions.

Strange thing is the Windows path E:\doggy is being printed as E:/doggy, seems like the path is getting converted to POSIX format.

Depending on the boost filesystem version you can ask for native formatted strings. Jeff _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users

Hi Ian, escape character is not the problem. I would put my code here: #include "stdafx.h"#include "Windows.h"#include #include #include <iostream>#include "string"#include "conio.h"#include "vector"#include #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 > _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< wrote: From: Ian Bruntlett 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

avanindra singh wrote:

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the reply.

I caught the exception using this code:

try{ create_directory(bundle_path); } catch(boost::system::system_error const &e) { cerr<

The printed output was

Throw in function (unknown) Dynamic exception type: class boost::exception_detail::clone_impl,struct boost::filesystem::path _traits> > > > std::exception::what: boost::filesystem::create_directory: The filename, directo ry name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: "E:\doggy"

Can you point me what mistake I am doing here?..I believe the syntax of path is correct.

Please don't top post. Lookup the documentation on create_directory versus create_directories. Simplify your test case to just what's needed for creating your directories. Jeff