Hi there, for the nth time I've seen this question on IRC, without being able to provide a solution: "i'm having trouble with boost filesystem... when I call " boost::filesystem::create_directory("/.test") ", I get the error "what(): boost::filesystem::path: invalid name ".test" in path: "/.test""... how can I create a directory hidden with .?" Since I have run into similar issues in the past, I'm taking this complaint to the list now. Is there a solution for this issue ? Does anybody care at all ? I find it very sad that due to this and similar issues users are turned away from boost_filesystem, as they can't use the library with *their* choice of filenames that works fine on *their* platform. The portability guide on http://boost.org/libs/filesystem/doc/portability_guide.htm lists as rationale: "...applications which must be portable to a wide variety of platforms...". However, how may people actually care for this level of portability ? Why should an ordinary GNU/Linux (or Windows, for that matter) user care for OpenVMS compatibility ?? Thanks, Stefan -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...