Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #4663: filesystem objects falsely identified as symlinks

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Beman Dawes — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:22:06 GMT

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resolution → fixed

(In [65916]) Fix #4663, filesystem objects falsely identified as symlinks. operations_test.cpp refactored and various symlink related tests added. Fixes to bugs found as a result, in addition to the 4663 bug.

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Claudio Bley — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:34:01 GMT

status closed → reopened
resolution fixed

I eagerly awaited the 1.45 release in order to use the fixed filesystem library. But, I'm not really happy, yet.

As I indicated in my initial report, I would suggest to handle junction points (pre Vista "symlinks") and real symlinks as supported by NTFS v6.0 the same.

Rational: They serve the same purpose and act the same except junction points have some more limitations than symlinks.

It would make life easier when traversing the filesystem to avoid running into a cyclic directory reference if boost::filesystem::is_symlink(p) would just return true for all kinds of symlinks.

Beman Dawes — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:53:33 GMT

It would be most helpful if you could submit a patch. I also need test cases.

Some pointers to Microsoft docs would be helpful. The last time I looked at junction points I came away very confused, and concerned about the reliability of possible code.

Thanks,

--Beman

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Beman Dawes — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:46:52 GMT

status reopened → closed
resolution → worksforme

No response after six months, so I'm closing the ticket.

--Beman