How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

[perseus]

It is really crazy! I need to use the Boost filesystem
for the manipulation of directories, and I have no idea how to
install this filesystem on my IBM-compatible machine.
Does anyone up here know how to do this?
Thanks a million in advance!

perseus

[David White]

Re: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

perseus <fanta@fantigo. com> wrote in message
news:a1tgjvokdf o7e9khrr4vi46h8 44jqlg0uv@4ax.c om...[color=blue]
> It is really crazy! I need to use the Boost filesystem
> for the manipulation of directories, and I have no idea how to
> install this filesystem on my IBM-compatible machine.
> Does anyone up here know how to do this?
> Thanks a million in advance![/color]

So, what is your C++ question?

DW

[David White]

Re: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

perseus <fanta@fantigo. com> wrote in message
news:acugjv0v8n tdn90tv3v03ieh4 sbu0valhp@4ax.c om...[color=blue]
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:18:45 +1000, "David White" <no@email.provi ded>
> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >perseus <fanta@fantigo. com> wrote in message
> >news:a1tgjvokd fo7e9khrr4vi46h 844jqlg0uv@4ax. com...[color=darkred]
> >> It is really crazy! I need to use the Boost filesystem
> >> for the manipulation of directories, and I have no idea how to
> >> install this filesystem on my IBM-compatible machine.
> >> Does anyone up here know how to do this?
> >> Thanks a million in advance![/color]
> >
> >So, what is your C++ question?
> >
> >DW
> >[/color]
> So why do you feel compelled to interfere and be rude?[/color]

This newsgroup is called comp.lang.c++. 'lang' stands for 'language', so one
can reason, even without reading the FAQ, that the subject of this newsgroup
is the C++ language.

What is your C++ question?

DW

[perseus]

Re: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:52:33 +1000, "David White" <no@email.provi ded>
wrote:
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>perseus <fanta@fantigo. com> wrote in message
>news:acugjv0v8 ntdn90tv3v03ieh 4sbu0valhp@4ax. com...[color=green]
>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:18:45 +1000, "David White" <no@email.provi ded>
>> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> >perseus <fanta@fantigo. com> wrote in message
>> >news:a1tgjvokd fo7e9khrr4vi46h 844jqlg0uv@4ax. com...
>> >> It is really crazy! I need to use the Boost filesystem
>> >> for the manipulation of directories, and I have no idea how to
>> >> install this filesystem on my IBM-compatible machine.
>> >> Does anyone up here know how to do this?
>> >> Thanks a million in advance!
>> >
>> >So, what is your C++ question?
>> >
>> >DW
>> >[/color]
>> So why do you feel compelled to interfere and be rude?[/color]
>
>This newsgroup is called comp.lang.c++. 'lang' stands for 'language', so one
>can reason, even without reading the FAQ, that the subject of this newsgroup
>is the C++ language.
>
>What is your C++ question?
>
>DW[/color]

Thank you for another stupid and idiotic remark.
I am contacting the C++ people. They are up here.
They are the C++ COMPUTER LANGUAGE PEOPLE.
Where exactly are YOU going to find the ones I need? In the
BOOST CONFIGURING newsgroup?
Stop annoying me, and move on to the next message.

[David White]

Re: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

Ivan Vecerina <ivecATmyrealbo xDOTcom> wrote in message
news:3f388c07@n ews.swissonline .ch...[color=blue]
> "perseus" <fanta@fantigo. com> wrote in message
> news:on0hjvou64 tuhobqiv7uo132p erla15r06@4ax.c om...
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:18:45 +1000,
> I agree that David (and many others) are, IMHO,
> unnecessary rude to posters of Q that are not strictly
> within the scope of the standard C++ language.[/color]

Rude? Someone comes in here, at comp.lang.c++, and posts a question that has
_nothing_ to do with C++, or, if it does, the OP did not explain how (I have
never heard of boost, and why should I have?). Even if it is C++ related, it
is not _standard_ C++, to which this newsgroup confines itself. The OP must
have known the question was off-topic. That is what I call rude. In any
case, I am not sure where I was rude. I asked what the OP's C++ question is,
since that is the subject of the newsgroup. Is that rude?

DW

[Alf P. Steinbach]

Re: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:08:24 +1000, "David White" <no@email.provi ded> wrote:
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>I have >never heard of boost, and why should I have?[/color]

Because most of it is likely to be incorporated into C++0x.

[Jacek Dziedzic]

Re: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

[5.9] Which newsgroup should I post my questions?

Only post to comp.lang.c++ if your question is about the C++
language itself. For example, C++ code design, syntax, style, rules,
bugs, etc. Ultimately this means your question must be answerable
by looking into the C++ language definition as determined by the
ISO/ANSI C++ Standard document, and by planned extensions and
adjustments. Operating-specific questions (e.g., about Windows
NT / 95 / 3.x, UNIX, etc.) should go to an operating-system-specific
newsgroup (see below), not to comp.lang.c++.

[David White]

Re: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

"Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no > wrote in message
news:3f389428.5 06916031@News.C IS.DFN.DE...[color=blue]
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:08:24 +1000, "David White" <no@email.provi ded>[/color]
wrote:[color=blue]
>[color=green]
> >I have >never heard of boost, and why should I have?[/color]
>
> Because most of it is likely to be incorporated into C++0x.[/color]

Okay, what is C++0x, and what is boost?

DW

[Socketd]

Re: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 01:23:03 -0400
perseus <fanta@fantigo. com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> So why do you feel compelled to interfere and be rude?[/color]

He is not being rude. Your question is OT, so please ask in a boost
newsgroup/maillings list/forum.

br
socketd

[E. Robert Tisdale]

Troll Alert: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

Something that calls itself perseus wrote:
[color=blue]
> David White wrote:
>[color=green]
>>So, what is your C++ question?[/color]
>
> So why do you feel compelled to interfere and be rude?[/color]

I agree with perseus.
David White apparently had nothing to contribute to the thread
and should have remained silent.

David,

Please don't respond to off-topic questions. Just ignore them.
If you can't ignore them, place the thread in your killfile.
If you don't know how to do this, please tell us which newsreader
you are using and someone should be able to help you do this.
If you feel that you *must* reply to off-topic questions,
please try to be polite and helpful.
Redirect the question to a more appropriate forum
where the original poster is more likely to get reliable answers.

Don't scold or admonish the original poster.
It doesn't do any good and can only be interpreted
as an attempt on your part to vent personal frustration and anger.
Such behavior will *not* make you more popular among subscribers
to the comp.lang.c++ newsgroup.

[foo]

Re: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

"David White" <no.email@provi ded> wrote in message news:<zT2_a.759 $d6.61089@nasal .pacific.net.au >...[color=blue]
> "Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no > wrote in message
> news:3f389428.5 06916031@News.C IS.DFN.DE...[color=green]
> > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:08:24 +1000, "David White" <no@email.provi ded>[/color]
> wrote:[color=green]
> >[color=darkred]
> > >I have >never heard of boost, and why should I have?[/color]
> >
> > Because most of it is likely to be incorporated into C++0x.[/color]
>
> Okay, what is C++0x, and what is boost?
>
> DW[/color]

If you don't even know what is boost, then you should be the last
person playing topic police.
Leave this job for those professional full time topic police morons.
Amateur morons need not attempt this.

[Mike Wahler]

Re: Troll Alert: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

E. Robert Tisdale <E.Robert.Tisda le@jpl.nasa.gov > wrote in message
news:3F3916F7.2 000803@jpl.nasa .gov...[color=blue]
> Something that calls itself perseus wrote:
>[color=green]
> > David White wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>So, what is your C++ question?[/color]
> >
> > So why do you feel compelled to interfere and be rude?[/color]
>
> I agree with perseus.
> David White apparently had nothing to contribute to the thread
> and should have remained silent.[/color]

Notification that particular material is off-topic is indeed
a valid contribution here, or in any topical group.
[color=blue]
> David,
>
> Please don't respond to off-topic questions. Just ignore them.[/color]

If we don't, then many uninformed people will remain that
way, increasing the odds that someone else posts off-topic.
[color=blue]
> If you can't ignore them, place the thread in your killfile.[/color]

When they become abusive in the face of facts, yes most of
the time I do that (the individual, not the thread).
[color=blue]
> If you don't know how to do this, please tell us which newsreader
> you are using and someone should be able to help you do this.[/color]

Ah, but news client configuration is not topical here. :-)
[color=blue]
> If you feel that you *must* reply to off-topic questions,
> please try to be polite and helpful.[/color]

In what way was David's post 'impolite'? Yes, it was
terse, but imo 'manners neutral'.
[color=blue]
> Redirect the question to a more appropriate forum[/color]

Perhaps he didn't know which one. He does know that
the query was OT, so he responded accordingly.
[color=blue]
> where the original poster is more likely to get reliable answers.[/color]

Right. He could have found much info quickly e.g. with google,
but chose instead to disrupt the group.
[color=blue]
>
> Don't scold or admonish the original poster.[/color]

I saw no scolding or admonishment, only an indication
of nontopicality.

[color=blue]
> It doesn't do any good and can only be interpreted
> as an attempt on your part to vent personal frustration and anger.[/color]

Oh, please. I saw no indications of anger in David's post.
Just an appropriate question.
[color=blue]
> Such behavior will *not* make you more popular among subscribers
> to the comp.lang.c++ newsgroup.[/color]

I doubt very much that 'popularity' is David's (or most anyone's
here) motivation for participating here.

-Mike

[David White]

Re: Troll Alert: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

"E. Robert Tisdale" <E.Robert.Tisda le@jpl.nasa.gov > wrote in message
news:3F3916F7.2 000803@jpl.nasa .gov...[color=blue]
> Something that calls itself perseus wrote:
>[color=green]
> > David White wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>So, what is your C++ question?[/color]
> >
> > So why do you feel compelled to interfere and be rude?[/color]
>
> I agree with perseus.
> David White apparently had nothing to contribute to the thread
> and should have remained silent.
>
> David,
>
> Please don't respond to off-topic questions. Just ignore them.[/color]

It seems to be normal and accepted practice to respond to them. For one
thing, it's best if no one actually answers the question, since that just
encourages others to post off-topic questions. By responding that it's
off-topic, you would hope than anyone thinking of answering it might decide
to leave it. Also, if the OP isn't told it's off-topic, and instead just
thinks no one knows the answer, he/she might try again.
[color=blue]
> If you can't ignore them, place the thread in your killfile.
> If you don't know how to do this, please tell us which newsreader
> you are using and someone should be able to help you do this.
> If you feel that you *must* reply to off-topic questions,
> please try to be polite and helpful.[/color]

As far as I knew, the topic was no more relevant to C++ than bobcats or
vacuum cleaners. That was the only reason I replied as I did. Okay, so I am
ignorant of Boost, but I do my work and I read this group and I have never
come across a mention of it.
[color=blue]
> Redirect the question to a more appropriate forum
> where the original poster is more likely to get reliable answers.
>
> Don't scold or admonish the original poster.[/color]

I didn't think it was an innocent mistake. I thought the OP intentionally
posted an off-topic question without regard for anyone.
[color=blue]
> It doesn't do any good and can only be interpreted
> as an attempt on your part to vent personal frustration and anger.
> Such behavior will *not* make you more popular among subscribers
> to the comp.lang.c++ newsgroup.[/color]

I don't think I abused or insulted the OP. I simply asked for an on-topic
question.

DW

[foo]

Re: Troll Alert: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

"David White" <no.email@provi ded> wrote in message news:<B3c_a.773 $d6.64021@nasal .pacific.net.au >...[color=blue]
> "E. Robert Tisdale" <E.Robert.Tisda le@jpl.nasa.gov > wrote in message
> news:3F3916F7.2 000803@jpl.nasa .gov...[color=green]
> > Something that calls itself perseus wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > David White wrote:
> > >
> > >>So, what is your C++ question?
> > >
> > > So why do you feel compelled to interfere and be rude?[/color]
> >
> > I agree with perseus.
> > David White apparently had nothing to contribute to the thread
> > and should have remained silent.
> >
> > David,
> >
> > Please don't respond to off-topic questions. Just ignore them.[/color]
>
> It seems to be normal and accepted practice to respond to them. For one
> thing, it's best if no one actually answers the question, since that just
> encourages others to post off-topic questions. By responding that it's
> off-topic, you would hope than anyone thinking of answering it might decide
> to leave it. Also, if the OP isn't told it's off-topic, and instead just
> thinks no one knows the answer, he/she might try again.
>[color=green]
> > If you can't ignore them, place the thread in your killfile.
> > If you don't know how to do this, please tell us which newsreader
> > you are using and someone should be able to help you do this.
> > If you feel that you *must* reply to off-topic questions,
> > please try to be polite and helpful.[/color]
>
> As far as I knew, the topic was no more relevant to C++ than bobcats or
> vacuum cleaners. That was the only reason I replied as I did. Okay, so I am
> ignorant of Boost, but I do my work and I read this group and I have never
> come across a mention of it.
>[color=green]
> > Redirect the question to a more appropriate forum
> > where the original poster is more likely to get reliable answers.
> >
> > Don't scold or admonish the original poster.[/color]
>
> I didn't think it was an innocent mistake. I thought the OP intentionally
> posted an off-topic question without regard for anyone.
>[color=green]
> > It doesn't do any good and can only be interpreted
> > as an attempt on your part to vent personal frustration and anger.
> > Such behavior will *not* make you more popular among subscribers
> > to the comp.lang.c++ newsgroup.[/color]
>
> I don't think I abused or insulted the OP. I simply asked for an on-topic
> question.
>
> DW[/color]


If you don't even know what is the boost library, I don't think you're
the right person to determin what's off topic.

[David White]

Re: Troll Alert: How Do We Configure the BOOST Filesystem Library?

foo <maisonave@axte r.com> wrote in message
news:c11783b0.0 308122041.a5d75 a0@posting.goog le.com...
[color=blue]
> If you don't even know what is the boost library, I don't think you're
> the right person to determin what's off topic.[/color]

I know it's not in the C++ standard, so I knew it was off-topic. I just
didn't know how far off-topic it was. Don't forget that the OP was not even
asking anything about the library itself. The question was about how to
_install_ it on an IBM-compatible machine, which is way off-topic regardless
of what the library itself is about.

DW