Function creation_time_tests

test/operations_test.cpp:2260–2305

//  creation_time_tests  -------------------------------------------------------------//

void creation_time_tests(const fs::path& dirx)
{
    cout << "creation_time_tests..." << endl;

    fs::path f1x = dirx / "creation_time_file";

    std::time_t start = std::time(nullptr);

    // These pauses are inserted because the test spuriously fails on Windows, presumably because of
    // different converting FILETIME to seconds in time() and Boost.Filesystem or some sort of quirk
    // in the Windows implementation of filesystem API.
#if defined(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_POSIX_API)
    sleep(1);
#else
    Sleep(1000);
#endif
    create_file(f1x, "creation_time_file");
    BOOST_TEST(fs::is_regular_file(f1x));
    try
    {
        std::time_t ft = fs::creation_time(f1x);
#if defined(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_POSIX_API)
        sleep(1);
#else
        Sleep(1000);
#endif
        std::time_t finish = std::time(nullptr);
        cout << "  start time: " << start << ", file creation time: " << ft << ", finish time: " << finish << endl;

        BOOST_TEST(ft >= start && ft <= finish);
    }
    catch (fs::filesystem_error& e)
    {
        if (e.code() == make_error_condition(boost::system::errc::function_not_supported))
        {
            cout << "creation_time is not supported by the current system" << endl;
        }
        else
        {
            cout << "creation_time failed: " << e.what() << endl;
            BOOST_TEST(false);
        }
    }

    fs::remove(f1x);
}

//  symlink_file_size_tests  ---------------------------------------------------------//