[Boost-users] boost::filesystem::path throws exception: invalid name

From: Vivek Nallur (nallur_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-23 15:18:00

My code looks something like this:

 try{
      fs::path full_path (fs::initial_path());
      full_path = fs::system_complete(fs::path(filePath, fs::native));
      fs::create_directories(full_path);
      INFO << "Directory successfully created: "
           << full_path.native_directory_string() << std::endl;
         retval = true;
   }catch(std::exception& ex){
      WARN << "Could not create directory: " << filePath
           << " " << ex.what() << std::endl;
   }
   return retval;

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When filePath is "c:\a\b\", boost throws an exception saying invalid
path name c:\a\b\ in path "c:\a\b\"
when filePath is "c:\\a\\b\\", boost throws exactly the same exception
when filePath is "c:/a/b/", the exception string changes saying
invalid path name "c:" in path "c:/a/b/"

What am I doing wrong?

-Vivek