id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
9016,filesystem::is_directory() returns false for junction,harris.pc@…,Beman Dawes,"On Windows 7, create a Junction (to another folder).

You can use the ""hardlink shell ext"" tool to make the junctions/symlinks (google for it):
Or the usual command line tools.

The boost::is_directory(target) returns false on this junction.

I used this Junction technique to move c:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp to another disk, and as a consequence, temp_directory_path() will always fail because that host path is not treated as a directory.

ie the line in temp_directory_path():
    
{{{
  if ((ec&&!is_directory(p, *ec))||(!ec&&!is_directory(p)))
}}}

cheers,
Paul
",Bugs,closed,Boost 1.57.0,filesystem,Boost 1.53.0,Problem,fixed,,