Re: [boost] [filesystem] resize_file_api leaks a HANDLE

On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Peter Dimov wrote:

... when SetFilePointerEx or SetEndOfFile fails.

BOOL resize_file_api(const wchar_t* p, boost::uintmax_t size) { HANDLE handle = CreateFileW(p, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0); LARGE_INTEGER sz; sz.QuadPart = size; return handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && ::SetFilePointerEx(handle, sz, 0, FILE_BEGIN) && ::SetEndOfFile(handle) && ::CloseHandle(handle); }

That's ticket #6945. Fixed in develop by applying patch from Kaylyn Bogle. Fix should ship with 1.58.0 Thanks, --Beman