[boost] boost::filesystem with network paths on windows

Hi, I am trying to use boost filesystem to copy files from a local directory to a directory on a network server (the latter having a path like \\databaseserver\c$\importfiles\myTabledump.txt <file:///\\databaseserver\c$\importfiles\myTabledump.txt> ) Unfortunately the leading double backslashs (\\) get converted in the constructor of filesystem::path to double slashs - yielding a different meaning. Is there a way to copy files on windows to network servers like this? Regards, Arne Adams Nerotal 23 65193 Wiesbaden Tel.: (+49) 611 3413745 Mobil: 0172 6147473 Mail: inbox@arneadams.com