[Boost-users] Re: R: filesystem::copy_file throws -- but why?

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:32:06 +0100, Galante Michele wrote:

int processFile(const fs::path& fileName) { fs::path copyFileName(fileName.string() + ".bak"); fs::copy_file(fileName, copyFileName); }

I had tried this before. It also throws.

or as:

int processFile(const fs::path& fileName) { fs::path copyFileName(fileName.native_file_string() + ".bak", fs::native); fs::copy_file(fileName, copyFileName); }

This works. Thanks very much! Scott