text: //  equivalent program -------------------------------------------------------//
  
  //  Copyright (c) 2004 Beman Dawes
  
  //  Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
  //  License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy
  //  at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
  
  //  See library home page at http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem
  
  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------//
  
  #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
  #include <iostream>
  #include <exception>
  
  int main( int argc, char * argv[] )
  {
    boost::filesystem::path::default_name_check( boost::filesystem::native );
    if ( argc != 3 )
    {
      std::cout << "Usage: equivalent path1 path2\n";
      return 2;
    }
    
    bool eq;
    try
    {
      eq = boost::filesystem::equivalent( argv[1], argv[2] );
    }
    catch ( const std::exception & ex )
    {
      std::cout << ex.what() << "\n";
      return 3;
    }
  
    std::cout << (eq ? "Paths are equivalent\n" : "Paths are not equivalent\n");
    return !eq;
  }
  