Subject: Re: [boost] [filesystem] Junction support on Windows?
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-12-30 14:52:36


I wrote:

> Should create_directory_symlink be enhanced to create a junction, if
> CreateSymbolicLink is not available or fails with ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED?

Interestingly, I was going to add "... and the rest of the functions be
enhanced to report and treat a junction as a symbolic link", but I see that
they already do that.

Which seems to be an argument in favor of the suggestion above.