id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
1701	boost::filesystem::remove_all - segmentation fault with wpath on Linux	Igor.Solovyov@…	Beman Dawes	"Hi,

I came across unexpectedly on the problem with boost::filesystem::remove_all and widechar-strings on the Linux and GCC.

My compilation environment:
 - Fedora7;
 - gcc version 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-27);
 - boost 1.34.1.

The following test program leads segmentation fault at the line marked with ""Boom!!!"" comment.


{{{
#include <iostream>
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>

int main( int argc, char const * argv[] )
{
    namespace fs = boost::filesystem;

    // This doesn't work
    fs::wpath tempRoot = L""./temp1/temp2"";
    fs::wpath root = L""./temp1"";
    // This works.
    //fs::path tempRoot = ""./temp1/temp2"";
    //fs::path root = ""./temp1"";

    try
    {
        std::cerr << ""--- boost filesystem test --- "" << std::endl;
        bool bRes = fs::create_directories( tempRoot );
        std::cerr << ""bRes: "" << bRes << std::endl;
        if ( bRes )
        {
            unsigned long n = fs::remove_all( root ); // <- Boom!!!
            std::cerr << ""n: "" << n << std::endl;
        }
    }
    catch ( std::exception const & ex )
    {
        std::cerr << ""Exception: "" << ex.what() << std::endl;
    }

    return 0;
}
}}}


The source was compiled with following options:
g++ -g boost_fs.cpp -I/usr/local/include/boost-1_34_1 -lboost_filesystem-gcc41-1_34_1 -o boost_fs.exe

Note, the problem arises if Unicode string is used."	Bugs	closed	Boost 1.36.0	filesystem	Boost 1.34.1	Problem	wontfix	remove_all