std::experimental::filesystem::directory_iterator

Header: <experimental/filesystem>

directory_iterator is a LegacyInputIterator that iterates over the directory_entry elements of a directory (but does not visit the subdirectories). The iteration order is unspecified, except that each directory entry is visited only once. The special pathnames dot and dot-dot are skipped.

# Declarations

class directory_iterator;

(filesystem TS)

# Example

#include <experimental/filesystem>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
 
int main()
{
    fs::create_directories("sandbox/a/b");
    std::ofstream{"sandbox/file1.txt"};
    std::ofstream{"sandbox/file2.txt"};
    for (const fs::directory_entry& entry : fs::directory_iterator{"sandbox"})
        std::cout << entry << '\n';
    fs::remove_all("sandbox");
}

# See also