Hello I use recursive_directory_iterator in my project and the dereference operarator on the iterator object always returns the the base directory that I am iterating over, and not the directory entries, each one in turn. Am I doing something wrong ? int iLevel = -1; // loop over and copy each file from the source directory for ( recursive_directory_iterator it(tmpName); it != recursive_directory_iterator(); it++ ) { //if (it.level() != iLevel) if (true) { // recursion just entered a new directory, create it #ifdef _DEBUG boost::filesystem::path dir_entry(*it); cout << "Entry: " << dir_entry << endl; cout << "\tas:"; for ( boost::filesystem::path::iterator p_it = dir_entry.begin(); p_it != dir_entry.end(); p_it++ ) { if (p_it != dir_entry.begin()) cout << "/"; cout << *p_it; } cout << endl; #endif iLevel = it.level(); } } Thank you, Timothy Madden