From: Neal D. Becker (ndbecker2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-11 15:31:08
Walter Landry wrote:
> Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> At 08:45 AM 3/11/2004, Neal D. Becker wrote:
>> >Should it be added?
>>
>> It is messy for directories on Windows. That's been the holdup. There are
>> also some other Boost.Filesystem enhancements which have higher priority.
>> So unless someone else wants to work up a proposed Windows
>> implementation, it won't happen anytime soon.
>
> How about an implementation that just throws when used on Windows?
> I've got that already written.
>
IIRC, cygwin does have some support for hard links? If so, when you say
"windows" I guess you mean native windows as opposed to cygwin?