Obtain platform's path separator using Boost.Filesystem

Question

Is there a way to obtain the platform\'s path separator character using Boost.Filesystem? By path separator, I mean / for Unix and \\ for Windows.

Answer 1

As of version 1.57, Boost now has a better solution, that is just constant char / wchar_t ( dependent on different platforms ): boost::filesystem::path::preferred_separator.

Read http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/filesystem/doc/reference.html#Operating-system-examples for more information. There are even more system-dependent features in it.

Simple example:

#include 
#include 

int main() {
    std::cout << boost::filesystem::path::preferred_separator << std::endl;
}