id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
5448,"Windows ""\\\\?\\"", ""\\\\?\\UNC\\"", and ""\\\\.\\"" path meta characters",Beman Dawes,Beman Dawes,"Windows treats ""\\\\?\\"", ""\\\\?\\UNC\\"", and ""\\\\.\\"" at the start of a path as meta characters signaling special handling of the remainder of the path. So, for example, ""\\\\?\\"" should be treated as an empty path!

See ""Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces"", http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Ticket 5405 supplied a patch that allows class path to handle a portion of what this implies, but does not deal with the general problem.

A few test cases have been added to path_test.cpp, but they are currently commented out.",Bugs,new,To Be Determined,filesystem,Boost 1.47.0,Problem,,,