C++ BOOST undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::copy_file
There is a workaround for this problem, replace
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
with
#define BOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUMS
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
#undef BOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUMS
Or, preferably, add -DBOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUMS
to your compiler flags
If you run into this problem make sure to include both -lboost_system
and -lboost_filesystem
in your call to g++
Example working Makefile
BINARY = output
FILE_OBJECTS = main.o fileLoader.o
BOOST = -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem
GCC = g++ -std=c++17
FLAGS = -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
build: $(FILE_OBJECTS)
$(GCC) $(FLAGS) $(FILE_OBJECTS) -o $(BINARY) $(BOOST)
main.o: main.cpp fileLoader.o
$(GCC) $(FLAGS) -c main.cpp
fileLoader.o: fileLoader.cpp
$(GCC) $(FLAGS) -c fileLoader.cpp
clean:
rm -rf *.o $(BINARY)
Example working code
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
void create_data_file(std::string file_path)
{
boost::filesystem::path p(file_path);
boost::filesystem::create_directory(p);
}