Joshua Peterson wrote:
It seems that Boost.FileSystem does not implement some methods accepting
wpath arguments when compiled with GCC 3.4.3 on Linux. This occurs because BOOST_FILESYSTEM_NARROW_ONLY is defined, which according to the comment in the code occurs for "badly broken compilers or libraries".
Something is amiss. IIRC, BOOST_FILESYSTEM_NARROW_ONLY should only be defined for GCC on Windows/Cygwin, which doesn't have wide character support. Don't all modern versions of GCC on Linux support wide characters?
Could you please check to see if BOOST_FILESYSTEM_NARROW_ONLY really is being defined?
Well, after a bit more investigation, it seems that the boost::filesystem::detail::copy_file_api(const std::wstring & from, const std::wstring & to) is not only behind BOOST_FILESYSTEM_NARROW_ONLY, but is also behind BOOST_WINDOWS_API, so it is explicitly only available on Windows.
That's normal. Windows has both wide and narrow API's but POSIX has only a narrow char API.
So I was incorrect, BOOST_FILESYSTEM_NARROW_ONLY is not defined for GCC 3.4.3, as I do get the wide character path manipulation methods. However, it is that Windows API define that prevents the above copy_file_api definition from being used.
Let's get back to basics. Does this program compile for you? #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp> int main() { boost::filesystem::copy_file( L"foo", L"bar" ); return 0; } In compiles fine for me on Ubuntu 8.04.1 and g++ 4.2.1. I haven't had a chance yet to build the libraries to see if it links. I'll do that later tonight or tomorrow. --Beman