Re: [Boost-Users] Re: Newbie needs help w/VC6 & filesystem (take 2)

At 02:05 PM 9/16/2002, John B. Williston wrote:

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 13:48:39 -0400, Beman Dawes wrote:

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Could the problem be that you are trying to use the current Filesystem stuff with Boost 1.28.0?

I suppose so. As I hopefully indicated, I'm a complete newbie to using Boost. I've been aware of it for a while, but it was only a day or two ago that I downloaded the latest official release available. As I check the directory name, it indeed seems to be v1.28.0.

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I've only been testing the Filesystem Library with the current Boost CVS, which has many, many changes since 1.28.0 was released.

Ok, so if that's the problem, then I have to plead ignorance yet again and ask another question: how do I get the "current Boost CVS"? I know CVS is some sort of versioning system, but that's about all I know about it.

See http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=7586

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Does sample code from other Boost libraries compile and run OK for you?

I do not know. The only things I've tried to use to date (viz., the dir_it and filesystem libs) both fail with all sorts of heinous errors. I haven't tried any of the other stuff yet.

You also might want to spend some more time looking around the web site, and become familiar with some of the regular (non-beta, part of a regular Boost release) libraries, first. Look at the Compiler Status (http://www.boost.org/status/compiler_status.html) to make sure the library works with your compiler. HTH, --Beman