On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 04:59:25PM -0500, Beman Dawes wrote:
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
At Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:03:33 -0500, Beman Dawes wrote: Since when does Windows support symlinks?!
Since Vista. That's how Boost.Filesystem can now supports symlinks on Windows.
Note that they are not as usable as they may first appear, as you generally cannot make them as a limited user, even if you have the usual permissions for the directories and files.
and it works smoothly with no changes whatsoever to either by bjam testing or VisualC++ IDE testing.
Would it be possible to generate directory symlinks instead of forwarding headers if the filesystem supports them?
Sure! What filesystem doesn't? FAT?
FAT, pre-Vista NTFS, and some CD-ROM and DVD file systems.
I would recommend that if you go down this path, that you _thoroughly_ test the behaviour of them under regular and limited users. In my experience, they're virtually useless as a non-elevated user. -- Lars Viklund | zao@acc.umu.se