On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Steve M. Robbins <steve@sumost.ca> wrote:
Hi,
I got the following report [1] for Boost.Filesystem from a Debian user. Before entering into trac, I thought I'd ask whether this deviation from POSIX is by design or is a bug.
Thanks, -Steve P.S. The original report is based on Boost 1.40, but I verified the same behaviour on Boost 1.41.
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565504
----- Forwarded message from Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org> -----
Package: libboost-filesystem1.40.0 Version: 1.40.0-5 Severity: important
The basename function is not compatible with the POSIX function by the same name...
Right. That's part of the reason why boost::filesystem::basename() is deprecated. Use path::filename() if you want the POSIX functionality. Use path::stem() if you want the old boost::filesystem::basename() functionality. Use path::extension() if you want the extension. --Beman