----Original Message---- From: Robert Mathews [mailto:rmathews@envoyww.com] Sent: 17 March 2005 14:56 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: [boost] Re: [Boost-bugs] [ boost-Bugs-1164057 ]boost::filesystem::exists has bugs with UNC paths
Initial Comment: boost::filesystem::exists(path("//computer")) always fails, even if the computer exists.
I shall call this, Issue A.
boost::filesystem::exists(path("//computer/share")) always succeeds, even if the share doesn't exist.
... and this Issue B.
Can anyone actually comment on when or if this bug might actually get fixed? It's an obvious bug, the fix is a trivial amount of work - it comes with a patch that I've tested on Win32 ....
Well, as I have indicated above, there are two separate and distinct issues. Issue B does seem like a bug to me. On the other hand, does your fix change it so that //computer/printer is reported as a filesystem? That would be a step backwards. Issue A seems correct behaviour to me. A server is *not* a filesystem - it is a place that filesystems can be found. -- Martin Bonner Martin.Bonner@Pitechnology.com Pi Technology, Milton Hall, Ely Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4 6WZ, ENGLAND Tel: +44 (0)1223 441434