id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 12746 boost::filesystem::canonical fails for network paths on windows/inconsistent behavior Rob.Conde@… Beman Dawes "if you do: boost::system::error_code ec; path myPath = canonical(path(""\\\\mynetworkmachine\\somepath\\somefile.txt""),ec); ec.m_val will be 161 Additionally, it does not throw an exception when using the exception form of the call. " Bugs new To Be Determined filesystem Boost 1.61.0 Problem