The filesystem path streaming operator (>>) has a bug in 1.44, documented here: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4716 A patch has been provided, and has been implemented on the trunk, detailed here: http://lists.boost.org/boost-commit/2010/08/27576.php Any chance of this being merged to the release branch for 1.45? [.../boost/io/detail/quoted_manip.hpp] --