id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
897	exists() throws exeption on existing but locked file on wind	Hartmut Kaiser	Beman Dawes	"{{{
boost::filesystem::exists(somepath) throws an exception from when 'somepath' exists but is locked by some other process (at least on Windows).

A simple way to reproduce the effect is:

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

int main()
{
    boost::filesystem::path p(""C:\\pagefile.sys"");
    try {
        boost::filesystem::exists(p);
    }
    catch (...) {
        std::cerr << ""Ooops..."" << std::endl;
    }
    return 0;
}

Throwing an exception doesn't seem to be the right thing here, since the file actually exists, so I'ld expect to get a 'true' back from exists().

}}}"	Bugs	closed	Boost 1.35.0	filesystem	None	Showstopper	fixed