std::hash<std::filesystem::path>

Since C++17

Header: <filesystem>

The template specialization of std::hash for std::filesystem::path allows users to obtain hash values of std::filesystem::path.

# Declarations

template<>
struct hash<std::filesystem::path>;

(since C++17)

# Example

#include <cassert>
#include <cstddef>
#include <filesystem>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <unordered_set>
namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
void show_hash(fs::path const& p)
{
    std::cout << std::hex << std::uppercase << std::setw(16)
              << std::hash<fs::path>{}(p) << " : " << p << '\n';
}
 
int main()
{
    auto tmp1 = fs::path{"/tmp"};
    auto tmp2 = fs::path{"/tmp/../tmp"};
    assert(!(tmp1 == tmp2));
    assert(fs::equivalent(tmp1, tmp2));
    show_hash(tmp1);
    show_hash(tmp2);
 
    for (auto s : {"/a///b", "/a//b", "/a/c", "...", "..", ".", ""})
        show_hash(s);
 
    std::unordered_set<fs::path, std::hash<fs::path>> dirs{
        "/bin", "/bin", "/lib", "/lib", "/opt", "/opt", "/tmp", "/tmp/../tmp"};
    for (fs::path const& p : dirs)
        std::cout << p << ' ';
    std::cout << '\n';
}

# See also