- Boost FileSystem
The Boost FileSystem is a library part of the Boost. It gives portable access to many common file system functions that aren't in the C++ standard. The Boost FileSystem is not written for easy access to
absolute path s, and its documentation discourages the use of them.Functions
* bool is_directory(path& x)
* bool exists(path& x)
* bool symbolic_link_exists(path& x)
* bool is_empty(path& x)
* bool _is_empty(path& x) - alternate function used in the case when is_empty conflicts with a separate is_empty function.
* bool equivalent(path& x, path& y) - if two path names resolve to the same entity (for example, in some file systems "abc" is not the same file as "ABC", but in some file systems they are equivalent.
* intmax_t file_size(path& x) - returns the file size in bytes
* time_t last_write_time(path& x ) - returns the "last modified" time
* void last_write_time(path& x, time_t new_time ) - puts the "last modified" time in new_time
* path current_path()
* path& initial_path()
* path system_complete(path& x)
* path complete(path& x, path& base = initial_path() ):Operations:
* bool create_directory(path& x ) - creates a directory with the name of path x
* bool remove(path& x)
* unsigned long remove_all(path& x)
* void rename(path& old_path, path& new_path )
* void copy_file(path& source, path& destination)Classes
path
Methods
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bool name_check(string& name):Decomposition functions:
*path root_path()
*string root_name()
*string root_directory()
*path relative_path()
*string leaf()
*path branch_path()
*string native_file_string()
*string native_directory_string():Query functions:
*bool empty()
*bool is_complete()
*bool has_root_path()
*bool has_root_name()
*bool has_root_directory()
*bool has_relative_path()
*bool has_leaf()
*bool has_branch_path()directory_iterator
A directory iterator must be used to see the files and folders inside the directory.
Constructors
*
directory_iterator(path p)External links
* [http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem FileSystem]
* [http://engineering.meta-comm.com/resources/cs-win32_1_30_2_metacomm/libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm Metacomm's documentation of the Boost FileSystem]
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