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href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#aa840f9068aeab9d814d284377412bda2">iterator</a> = <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1DirIterator.html">DirIterator</a></td></tr> <tr class="separator:aa840f9068aeab9d814d284377412bda2"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:ab2c899af8cd23844526393833ab78319"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">using </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#ab2c899af8cd23844526393833ab78319">const_iterator</a> = <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1DirIterator.html">DirIterator</a></td></tr> <tr class="separator:ab2c899af8cd23844526393833ab78319"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> </table><table class="memberdecls"> <tr class="heading"><td colspan="2"><h2 class="groupheader"><a name="pub-methods"></a> Public Member Functions</h2></td></tr> <tr class="memitem:abbcedb96cc9cf9cdfa37ab7164631fe9"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#abbcedb96cc9cf9cdfa37ab7164631fe9">Dir</a> (const <a class="elRef" href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/latest-doxygen/a01512.html#ga32db3d9898c44d3b3a578b560f7758cc">std::string</a>& path)</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:abbcedb96cc9cf9cdfa37ab7164631fe9"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Opens a directory for reading. <a href="#abbcedb96cc9cf9cdfa37ab7164631fe9">More...</a><br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:abbcedb96cc9cf9cdfa37ab7164631fe9"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:ac3947ed67171022e73776c1c326433ca"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#ac3947ed67171022e73776c1c326433ca">Dir</a> (const <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html">Dir</a>&)=delete</td></tr> <tr class="separator:ac3947ed67171022e73776c1c326433ca"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:a668d1a0e4243ce82a1ce42885c7a6ccc"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html">Dir</a>& </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#a668d1a0e4243ce82a1ce42885c7a6ccc">operator=</a> (const <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html">Dir</a>&)=delete</td></tr> <tr class="separator:a668d1a0e4243ce82a1ce42885c7a6ccc"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:a8de43168d60f9ffc12842b6d277834de"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#a8de43168d60f9ffc12842b6d277834de">~Dir</a> ()</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:a8de43168d60f9ffc12842b6d277834de"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Closes the directory and deallocates all related resources. <a href="#a8de43168d60f9ffc12842b6d277834de">More...</a><br /></td></tr> <tr 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class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#a13bc8d04aef36e4c77eb05710096ab26">rewind</a> ()</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:a13bc8d04aef36e4c77eb05710096ab26"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Resets the directory. <a href="#a13bc8d04aef36e4c77eb05710096ab26">More...</a><br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:a13bc8d04aef36e4c77eb05710096ab26"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:a9d648d71ee0ac37f57b478f8d43a3bf9"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#a9d648d71ee0ac37f57b478f8d43a3bf9">close</a> ()</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:a9d648d71ee0ac37f57b478f8d43a3bf9"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Closes the directory and deallocates all related resources. <a href="#a9d648d71ee0ac37f57b478f8d43a3bf9">More...</a><br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:a9d648d71ee0ac37f57b478f8d43a3bf9"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:ae5b5900d5f7838b2437f36609c30d7ca"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1DirIterator.html">DirIterator</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#ae5b5900d5f7838b2437f36609c30d7ca">begin</a> ()</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:ae5b5900d5f7838b2437f36609c30d7ca"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Get the begin of an input iterator sequence. <a href="#ae5b5900d5f7838b2437f36609c30d7ca">More...</a><br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:ae5b5900d5f7838b2437f36609c30d7ca"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:aded8f8cb05e1aed5fb445569c44fff68"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1DirIterator.html">DirIterator</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#aded8f8cb05e1aed5fb445569c44fff68">end</a> ()</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:aded8f8cb05e1aed5fb445569c44fff68"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Get the end of an input iterator sequence. <a href="#aded8f8cb05e1aed5fb445569c44fff68">More...</a><br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:aded8f8cb05e1aed5fb445569c44fff68"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> </table> <a name="details" id="details"></a><h2 class="groupheader">Detailed Description</h2> <div class="textblock"><p>Utility class representing an open directory. </p> <p>It's highly recommended to use the iterator interface. With iterators, reading an entire directory into a STL container is really easy: </p><div class="fragment"><div class="line"><a class="code" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html">Glib::Dir</a> dir (directory_path);</div><div class="line"><a class="codeRef" href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/latest-doxygen/a06712.html">std::list<std::string></a> entries (dir.begin(), dir.end());</div></div><!-- fragment --> <dl class="section note"><dt>Note</dt><dd>The encoding of the directory entries isn't necessarily UTF-8. Use <a class="el" href="group__CharsetConv.html#ga6cf95dc00505401594260a360d70c17b" title="Converts a string which is in the encoding used for filenames into a UTF-8 string. ">Glib::filename_to_utf8()</a> if you need to display them. </dd></dl> </div><h2 class="groupheader">Member Typedef Documentation</h2> <a class="anchor" id="ab2c899af8cd23844526393833ab78319"></a> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname">using <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#ab2c899af8cd23844526393833ab78319">Glib::Dir::const_iterator</a> = <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1DirIterator.html">DirIterator</a></td> </tr> </table> </div><div class="memdoc"> </div> </div> <a class="anchor" id="aa840f9068aeab9d814d284377412bda2"></a> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname">using <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#aa840f9068aeab9d814d284377412bda2">Glib::Dir::iterator</a> = <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1DirIterator.html">DirIterator</a></td> </tr> </table> </div><div class="memdoc"> </div> </div> <h2 class="groupheader">Constructor & Destructor Documentation</h2> <a class="anchor" id="abbcedb96cc9cf9cdfa37ab7164631fe9"></a> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="mlabels"> <tr> <td class="mlabels-left"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname">Glib::Dir::Dir </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramtype">const <a class="elRef" href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/latest-doxygen/a01512.html#ga32db3d9898c44d3b3a578b560f7758cc">std::string</a> & </td> <td class="paramname"><em>path</em></td><td>)</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td class="mlabels-right"> <span class="mlabels"><span class="mlabel">explicit</span></span> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div class="memdoc"> <p>Opens a directory for reading. </p> <p>The names of the files in the directory can then be retrieved using <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#a0b7540337a31b10b5dd5775a46ff2f43" title="Retrieves the name of the next entry in the directory. ">read_name()</a>. </p><dl class="params"><dt>Parameters</dt><dd> <table class="params"> <tr><td class="paramname">path</td><td>The path to the directory you are interested in. </td></tr> </table> </dd> </dl> <dl class="exception"><dt>Exceptions</dt><dd> <table class="exception"> <tr><td class="paramname"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1FileError.html" title="Exception class for file-related errors. ">Glib::FileError</a></td><td></td></tr> </table> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <a class="anchor" id="ac3947ed67171022e73776c1c326433ca"></a> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="mlabels"> <tr> <td class="mlabels-left"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname">Glib::Dir::Dir </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramtype">const <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html">Dir</a>& </td> <td class="paramname"></td><td>)</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td class="mlabels-right"> <span class="mlabels"><span class="mlabel">delete</span></span> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div class="memdoc"> </div> </div> <a class="anchor" id="a8de43168d60f9ffc12842b6d277834de"></a> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname">Glib::Dir::~Dir </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramname"></td><td>)</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </div><div class="memdoc"> <p>Closes the directory and deallocates all related resources. </p> </div> </div> <h2 class="groupheader">Member Function Documentation</h2> <a class="anchor" id="ae5b5900d5f7838b2437f36609c30d7ca"></a> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1DirIterator.html">DirIterator</a> Glib::Dir::begin </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramname"></td><td>)</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </div><div class="memdoc"> <p>Get the begin of an input iterator sequence. </p> <dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>An input iterator pointing to the first directory entry. </dd></dl> </div> </div> <a class="anchor" id="a9d648d71ee0ac37f57b478f8d43a3bf9"></a> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname">void Glib::Dir::close </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramname"></td><td>)</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </div><div class="memdoc"> <p>Closes the directory and deallocates all related resources. </p> <p>Note that <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#a9d648d71ee0ac37f57b478f8d43a3bf9" title="Closes the directory and deallocates all related resources. ">close()</a> is implicitely called by <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#a8de43168d60f9ffc12842b6d277834de" title="Closes the directory and deallocates all related resources. ">~Dir()</a>. Thus you don't need to call <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#a9d648d71ee0ac37f57b478f8d43a3bf9" title="Closes the directory and deallocates all related resources. ">close()</a> yourself unless you want to close the directory before the destructor runs. </p> </div> </div> <a class="anchor" id="aded8f8cb05e1aed5fb445569c44fff68"></a> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1DirIterator.html">DirIterator</a> Glib::Dir::end </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramname"></td><td>)</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </div><div class="memdoc"> <p>Get the end of an input iterator sequence. </p> <dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>An input iterator pointing behind the last directory entry. </dd></dl> </div> </div> <a class="anchor" id="a668d1a0e4243ce82a1ce42885c7a6ccc"></a> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="mlabels"> <tr> <td class="mlabels-left"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html">Dir</a>& Glib::Dir::operator= </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramtype">const <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html">Dir</a>& </td> <td class="paramname"></td><td>)</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td class="mlabels-right"> <span class="mlabels"><span class="mlabel">delete</span></span> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div class="memdoc"> </div> </div> <a class="anchor" id="a0b7540337a31b10b5dd5775a46ff2f43"></a> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname"><a class="elRef" href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/latest-doxygen/a01512.html#ga32db3d9898c44d3b3a578b560f7758cc">std::string</a> Glib::Dir::read_name </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramname"></td><td>)</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </div><div class="memdoc"> <p>Retrieves the name of the next entry in the directory. </p> <p>The <code>'.'</code> and <code>'..'</code> entries are omitted. </p><dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>The entry's name or <code>""</code> if there are no more entries. </dd></dl> <dl class="section see"><dt>See also</dt><dd><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#ae5b5900d5f7838b2437f36609c30d7ca" title="Get the begin of an input iterator sequence. ">begin()</a>, <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#aded8f8cb05e1aed5fb445569c44fff68" title="Get the end of an input iterator sequence. ">end()</a> </dd></dl> </div> </div> <a class="anchor" id="a13bc8d04aef36e4c77eb05710096ab26"></a> <div class="memitem"> <div class="memproto"> <table class="memname"> <tr> <td class="memname">void Glib::Dir::rewind </td> <td>(</td> <td class="paramname"></td><td>)</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </div><div class="memdoc"> <p>Resets the directory. </p> <p>The next call to <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Dir.html#a0b7540337a31b10b5dd5775a46ff2f43" title="Retrieves the name of the next entry in the directory. 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