Bugs item #1221465, was opened at 2005-06-15 14:27 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=107586&aid=1221465&group_id=7586 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: filesystem Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Christopher Dunn (cxdunn) Assigned to: Beman Dawes (beman_dawes) Summary: remove_all problems on dangling symlinks Initial Comment: remove_all() fails on dangling symlinks, and throws exception when they are in subdirs. <pre> #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp> #include <boost/filesystem/exception.hpp> #include <iostream> // for std::cout using namespace std; namespace fs = boost::filesystem; int main(){ system("rm -rf foo1 foo2 foo3"); system("ln -s nowhere foo1"); system("mkdir foo2; touch foo2/blank; echo apple > foo2/apple"); system("mkdir foo3; ln -s nowhere foo3/dangle"); try { fs::remove_all("foo1"); //fine, but no deletion fs::remove_all("foo2"); //fine fs::remove_all("foo3"); //error } catch (fs::filesystem_error const& exc){ cerr <<"ERROR:" <<exc.what() <<endl; } cerr << fs::exists("foo1") << "," << fs::symbolic_link_exists("foo1") <<endl; cerr << fs::exists("foo2") << "," << fs::symbolic_link_exists("foo3") <<endl; cerr << fs::exists("foo3") << "," << fs::symbolic_link_exists("foo2") <<endl; return 0; } </pre> Result: <pre> ERROR:boost::filesystem::remove: "foo3": Directory not empty 0,1 0,0 1,0 </pre> Also note that the post-condition is violated for foo1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=107586&aid=1221465&group_id=7586 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Boost-bugs mailing list Boost-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-bugs