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Class CL_DirectoryScanner

Directory scanning class. More...

Derived from: none
Derived by: none
Group: Core (I/O Data)

#include <ClanLib/core.h>

Construction:

Constructs directory scanner for iterating over a directory.

Attributes:

get_directory_path	Gets the directory being scanned.
get_name	Gets the name of the current file.
get_size	Gets the size of the current file.
get_pathname	Gets the pathname of the current file.
is_directory	Returns true if the current file is a directory.
is_hidden	Returns true if the file is hidden.
is_readable	Returns true if the file is readable by the current user.
is_writable	Returns true if the file is writable by the current user.

Operations:

scan	Selects the directory to scan through.
next	Find next file in directory scan.

Detailed description:

!group=Core/IO Data! !header=core.h!

CL_DirectoryScanner is used to parse through directory trees and return information about files.

Example that prints all files and directories found in the root directory:

  CL_DirectoryScanner scanner;
  if (scanner.scan("/", "*"))
  {
  		while (scanner.next())
  		{
  				std::cout << scanner.get_name() << std::endl;
  		}
  }

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