recursive_directory_iterator Class

 

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describes an input iterator that sequences through the filenames in a directory, possibly descending into subdirectories recursively. For an iterator X, the expression *X evaluates to an object of class directory_entry that wraps the filename and anything known about its status.

For more information and code examples, see File System Navigation (C++).

Syntax

class recursive_directory_iterator;  

Remarks

The template class stores:

1. an object of type stack<pair<directory_iterator, path>>, called mystack here for the purposes of exposition, which represents the nest of directories to be sequenced

2. an object of type directory_entry called myentry here, which represents the current filename in the directory sequence

3. an object of type bool, called no_push here, which records whether recursive descent into subdirectories is disabled

4. an object of type directory_options, called myoptions here, which records the options established at construction

A default constructed object of type recursive_directory_entry has an end-of-sequence iterator at mystack.top().first and represents the end-of-sequence iterator.For example, given the directory abc with entries def (a directory), def/ghi, and jkl, the code:

for (recursive_directory_iterator next(path("abc")), end; next != end; ++next)  
    visit(next->path());

will call visit with the arguments path("abc/def/ghi") and path("abc/jkl").You can qualify sequencing through a directory subtree in two ways:

1. A directory symlink will be scanned only if you construct a recursive_directory_iterator with a directory_options argument whose value is directory_options::follow_directory_symlink.

2. If you call disable_recursion_pending then a subsequent directory encountered during an increment will not be recursively scanned.

recursive_directory_iterator::depth

int depth() const;

Returns mystack.size() - 1, so pval is at depth zero.

recursive_directory_iterator::disable_recursion_pending

void disable_recursion_pending();

The member function stores true in no_push.

recursive_directory_iterator::operator!=

bool operator!=(const recursive_directory_iterator& right) const;

The member operator returns !(*this == right).

recursive_directory_iterator::operator=

recursive_directory_iterator& operator=(const recursive_directory_iterator&) = default;  
recursive_directory_iterator& operator=(recursive_directory_iterator&&) noexcept = default;  

The defaulted member assignment operators behave as expected.

recursive_directory_iterator::operator==

bool operator==(const recursive_directory_iterator& right) const;

The member operator returns true only if both *this and right are end-of-sequence iterators or both are not end-of-sequence-iterators.

recursive_directory_iterator::operator*

const directory_entry& operator*() const;

The member operator returns myentry.

recursive_directory_iterator::operator->

const directory_entry * operator->() const;

Returns &**this.

recursive_directory_iterator::operator++

recursive_directory_iterator& operator++();

recursive_directory_iterator& operator++(int);

The first member function calls increment(), then returns *this. The second member function makes a copy of the object, calls increment(), then returns the copy.

recursive_directory_iterator::options

directory_options options() const;

Returns myoptions.

recursive_directory_iterator::pop

void pop();

If depth() == 0 the object becomes an end-of-sequence iterator. Otherwise, the member function terminates scanning of the current (deepest) directory and resumes at the next lower depth.

recursive_directory_iterator::recursion_pending

bool recursion_pending() const;

Returns !no_push.

recursive_directory_iterator::recursive_directory_iterator

recursive_directory_iterator() noexcept;  
explicit recursive_directory_iterator(const path& pval);

recursive_directory_iterator(const path& pval,  
    error_code& ec) noexcept;  
recursive_directory_iterator(const path& pval,  
    directory_options opts);

recursive_directory_iterator(const path& pval,  
    directory_options opts,  
    error_code& ec) noexcept;  
recursive_directory_iterator(const recursive_directory_iterator&) = default;  
recursive_directory_iterator(recursive_directory_iterator&&) noexcept = default;  

The first constructor produces an end-of-sequence iterator. The second and third constructors store false in no_push and directory_options::none in myoptions, then attempt to open and read pval as a directory. If successful, they initialize mystack and myentry to designate the first non-directory filename in the nested sequence; otherwise they produce an end-of-sequence iterator.

The fourth and fifth constructors behave the same as the second and third, except that they first store opts in myoptions. The defaulted construtors behave as expected.

recursive_directory_iterator::increment

recursive_directory_iterator& increment(error_code& ec) noexcept;  

The function attempts to advance to the next filename in the nested sequence. If successful, it stores that filename in myentry; otherwise it produces an end-of-sequence iterator.

Requirements

Header: filesystem

Namespace: std::tr2::sys

See Also

Header Files Reference
<filesystem>
File System Navigation (C++)