Detailed Description

This class allows the enumeration of the files/directories that exist into a given path.

The only existing method is "explore" and returns the list of found files & directories. Refer to the example in /samples/UTILS/directoryExplorer

See also: CFileSystemWatcher

Definition at line 32 of file CDirectoryExplorer.h.

#include <mrpt/system/CDirectoryExplorer.h>

Classes
struct	TFileInfo
	This represents the information about each file. More...

Public Types
typedef std::deque< TFileInfo >	TFileInfoList
	The list type used in "explore". More...

Static Public Member Functions
static void	explore (const std::string &path, const unsigned long mask, TFileInfoList &outList)
	The path of the directory to examine must be passed to this constructor, among the According to the following parameters, the object will collect the list of files, which can be modified later through other methods in this class. More...

static void	sortByName (TFileInfoList &lstFiles, bool ascendingOrder=true)
	Sort the file entries by name, in ascending or descending order. More...

static void	filterByExtension (TFileInfoList &lstFiles, const std::string &extension)
	Remove from the list of files those whose extension does not coincide (without case) with the given one. More...

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ TFileInfoList

typedef std::deque<TFileInfo> mrpt::system::CDirectoryExplorer::TFileInfoList

The list type used in "explore".

See also: explore

Definition at line 62 of file CDirectoryExplorer.h.

Member Function Documentation

◆ explore()

void CDirectoryExplorer::explore	(	const std::string &	path,
		const unsigned long	mask,
		TFileInfoList &	outList
	)

static

The path of the directory to examine must be passed to this constructor, among the According to the following parameters, the object will collect the list of files, which can be modified later through other methods in this class.

Parameters

path	The path to examine (IT MUST BE A DIRECTORY), e.g "d:\temp\", or "/usr/include/"
mask	One or the OR'ed combination of the values "FILE_ATTRIB_ARCHIVE" and "FILE_ATTRIB_DIRECTORY", depending on what file types do you want in the list (These values are platform-independent).
outList	The list of found files/directories is stored here.