class recursive_directory_iterator;
(since C++17)recursive_directory_iterator
is a LegacyInputIterator that iterates over the directory_entry elements of a directory, and, recursively, over the entries of all subdirectories. The iteration order is unspecified, except that each directory entry is visited only once.
By default, symlinks are not followed, but this can be enabled by specifying the directory option follow_directory_symlink at construction time.
The special pathnames dot and dot-dot are skipped.
If the recursive_directory_iterator
reports an error or is advanced past the last directory entry of the top-level directory, it becomes equal to the default-constructed iterator, also known as the end iterator. Two end iterators are always equal, dereferencing or incrementing the end iterator is undefined behavior.
If a file or a directory is deleted or added to the directory tree after the recursive directory iterator has been created, it is unspecified whether the change would be observed through the iterator.
If the directory structure contains cycles, the end iterator may be unreachable.
[edit] Member types [edit] Member functions [edit] Non-member functionsAdditionally, operator==
and operator!=
are(until C++20)operator==
is(since C++20) provided as required by LegacyInputIterator.
It is unspecified whether operator!=
is provided because it can be synthesized from operator==
, and(since C++20) whether an equality operator is a member or non-member.
These specializations for recursive_directory_iterator
make it a borrowed_range
and a view
.
A recursive_directory_iterator
typically holds a reference-counted pointer (to satisfy shallow-copy semantics of LegacyInputIterator) to an implementation object, which holds:
Possible output:
"sandbox/syma" "sandbox/file1.txt" "sandbox/a" "sandbox/a/b" ------------------- "sandbox/syma" "sandbox/file1.txt" "sandbox/a" "sandbox/a/b"[edit] Defect reports
The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.
DR Applied to Behavior as published Correct behavior LWG 3480 C++20recursive_directory_iterator
was neither a borrowed_range
nor a view
it is both [edit] See also
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