Hiya, I've been trying to try out the attributes code in the boost-sandbox, but am running into some snags using VC++ version 7 (that comes with VS .NYET). One simple goal here would be to discern whether a file is writeable. Can this be done with the filesystem::attributes library?? The code for attr_test.cpp from the tests directory is included below; it's been slightly modified to run stand-alone instead of through the boost test harness. Problem #1: No string() method on the cache class. Problem #2: The "<<" operator won't work. For the latter, I've seen it suggested that typedefs might help, but don't understand what the underlying issue is. Is this a lingering Microsoft (i.e. VC++) specific issue? I'd greatly appreciate any clarification that people can offer. Much thanks, Richard Fanta ----------------Errors---------------------------------------------- x:\v\ReviewAgent\AttrTest\attr_test.cpp(23) : error C2039: 'string' : is not a member of 'boost::filesystem::cache' x:\ReviewAgent\Util\boost_1_30_0_filesystem\boost\filesystem\cache.hpp(33) : see declaration of 'boost::filesystem::cache' x:\v\ReviewAgent\AttrTest\attr_test.cpp(25) : error C2676: binary '<<' : 'boost::filesystem::cache' does not define this operator or a conversion to a type acceptable to the predefined operator x:\v\ReviewAgent\AttrTest\attr_test.cpp(26) : error C2676: binary '<<' : 'boost::filesystem::cache' does not define this operator or a conversion to a type acceptable to the predefined operator x:\v\ReviewAgent\AttrTest\attr_test.cpp(26) : error C2676: binary '<<' : 'boost::filesystem::cache' does not define this operator or a conversion to a type acceptable to the predefined operator ----------------Source---------------------------------------------- #include <iostream> #include <exception> #include <string> #include "boost/filesystem/attributes.hpp" #include "boost/filesystem/path.hpp" //#include "boost/test/minimal.hpp" namespace fs = boost::filesystem; //int test_main (int argc, char **argv) int main (int argc, char **argv) { for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) { fs::path file (argv [i], fs::native); fs::cache pm (file); std::cout //<< "name: " << get fs::filename (pm).string () << "; size: " << get fs::size (pm) << "; owner: " << get fs::owner (pm) << "; group: " << get fs::group (pm) << "\n"; }