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@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ on how to do this <a class="reference" href="http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_i
 correctly by setting the environment variable <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">BOOST_BUILD_PATH</span></tt> to point to your boost build
 installation. Also you have to modify the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">user_config.jam</span></tt> to reflect the toolsets you have installed.
 (if you're building with gcc, uncomment the line &quot;using gcc ;&quot;)</p>
-<p>You also need to install <a class="reference" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&amp;package_id=8041&amp;release_id=284047">boost</a> (at least version 1.31.0).</p>
+<p>You also need to install <a class="reference" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&amp;package_id=8041&amp;release_id=284047">boost</a> (at least version 1.32.0).</p>
 <p>Before you invoke <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> you have to set the environment variable <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">BOOST_ROOT</span></tt> to the
 path where you installed boost. This will be used to build and link against the required
 boost libraries as well as be used as include path for boost headers.</p>
@@ -228,9 +228,7 @@ abstraction. There's one <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">file_win
 files larger than 2 Gigabytes. This does not work in vc6 for some reason, possibly because
 it may require windows NT and above. The other file, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">file.cpp</span></tt> is the default
 implementation that simply relies on the standard low level io routines (read, write etc.),
-this is the preferred implementation that should be used in all cases. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">file_win.cpp</span></tt>
+this is the preferred implementation that should be used in all cases.</p>
-have had some problems with failing seeks (I don't know why), so I advise everyone to use
-the other file.</p>
 <div class="section" id="cygwin-and-msvc">
 <h2><a name="cygwin-and-msvc">cygwin and msvc</a></h2>
 <p>Note that if you're building on windows using the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">msvc</span></tt> toolset, you cannot run it

docs/manual.rst

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ installation. Also you have to modify the ``user_config.jam`` to reflect the too
 
 .. _`boost-build`: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=80982&release_id=278763
 
-You also need to install boost__ (at least version 1.31.0).
+You also need to install boost__ (at least version 1.32.0).
 
 __ http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=8041&release_id=284047
 
@@ -121,9 +121,7 @@ abstraction. There's one ``file_win.cpp`` which relies on windows file API that
 files larger than 2 Gigabytes. This does not work in vc6 for some reason, possibly because
 it may require windows NT and above. The other file, ``file.cpp`` is the default
 implementation that simply relies on the standard low level io routines (read, write etc.),
-this is the preferred implementation that should be used in all cases. The ``file_win.cpp``
+this is the preferred implementation that should be used in all cases.
-have had some problems with failing seeks (I don't know why), so I advise everyone to use
-the other file.
 
 
 cygwin and msvc

src/file_win.cpp

@@ -55,17 +55,46 @@ namespace
 		HLOCAL m_memory;
 	};
 
+
+	std::wstring safe_convert(std::string const& s)
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			return libtorrent::utf8_wchar(s);
+		}
+		catch (std::exception)
+		{
+			std::wstring ret;
+			for (const char* i = &*s.begin(); i < &*s.end(); ++i)
+			{
+				wchar_t c;
+				c = '.';
+				std::mbtowc(&c, i, 1);
+				ret += c;
+			}
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	
 	std::string utf8_native(std::string const& s)
 	{
-		std::wstring ws;
+		try
-		libtorrent::utf8_wchar(s, ws);
+		{
-		std::size_t size = wcstombs(0, ws.c_str(), 0);
+			std::wstring ws;
-		if (size == std::size_t(-1)) return s;
+			libtorrent::utf8_wchar(s, ws);
-		std::string ret;
+			std::size_t size = wcstombs(0, ws.c_str(), 0);
-		ret.resize(size);
+			if (size == std::size_t(-1)) return s;
-		size = wcstombs(&ret[0], ws.c_str(), size + 1);
+			std::string ret;
-		ret.resize(size-1);
+			ret.resize(size);
-		return ret;
+			size = wcstombs(&ret[0], ws.c_str(), size + 1);
+			ret.resize(size-1);
+			return ret;
+		}
+		catch(std::exception)
+		{
+			return s;
+		}
 	}
 	
 	void throw_exception(const char* thrower)
@@ -135,7 +164,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			assert(access_mask & (GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE));
 
 		#ifdef UNICODE
-			std::wstring wfile_name(utf8_wchar(file_name));
+			std::wstring wfile_name(safe_convert(file_name));
 			HANDLE new_handle = CreateFile(
 				(LPCWSTR)wfile_name.c_str()
 				, access_mask