std::wstring path( L"./file.ext" );
std::wifstream file( path.c_str() );
Unicode paths and iostream
Author
Hi,
I'm desperatly looking for something that allows me to use Unicode path names with iostreams. Strangely enough, even boost::filesystem does not support them, and neither does WinSTL.
An example of what I'd like to do follows:
Unfortuntaly if you want to stick with the standard library streams you need to use narrow characters as file names. You can use wcstombs() to narrow the wide character streams, or if you're feeling adventurous, the narrow() member function of the ctype facet of a locale.
... or you can join the rest of the world and use the methods that SiCrane detailed. They work, just try it.
wcstombs is lossy. It will only work for whatever subset of names are representable in the locale.
Author
I just found out about STLport 5.0 beta's feature to open fstreams from a HANDLE. This looks just like what I need.
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