Programs using std::filesystem with gcc 9.2.0 fail to run

[Csaba Raduly]

On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 2:22 AM <velix@bill.router5.com> wrote:

> It's possible to compile and link programs that use std::filesystem with
> the g++ 9.2.0 compiler for Cygwin.  For instance if I place the following
> program into a file name "x.cpp":
>
>     #include <iostream>
>     #include <filesystem>
>
>     int main()
>     {
>         std::filesystem::path p{"/tmp"};
>         std::cout << p << std::endl;
>     }
>
> Then compile with:
>
>     g++ -std=c++2a -Wall -O3 x.cpp
>
> It builds successfully.  But running the output "a.exe" file exits
> immediately with exit code 127.  It does not help if I also add
> "-lstdc++fs" to the build command.
>

Works just fine wih me:

$ g++ -std=c++2a -Wall -O3 fsys.cpp
$ ./a.exe
"/tmp"

Try running yours under gdb. You may get some more useful information about
the error.
Csaba
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