id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc 5653,recursive_directory_iterator(error_code) can still throw filesystem_error,Geurt Vos ,Beman Dawes,"internally recursive_directory_iterator uses other filesystem facilities (such as is_directory and is_symlink) without passing the system::error_code argument. If they fail, they will throw filesystem_error. Example on Linux (see ticket #5652): int main() { try { error_code ec; for (recursive_directory_iterator i(""."", ec); i != recursive_directory_iterator(); ++i) ; } catch (const std::exception& e) { std::cout << "">> "" << e.what() << std::endl; } } $ ln -s mybadlink mybadlink $ ./test >> boost::filesystem::status: Too many levels of symbolic links: ""./mybadlink"" ",Bugs,closed,To Be Determined,filesystem,Boost 1.46.1,Problem,fixed,,