[Boost-users] interest in a glob_iterator? (directory_iterator with regex)

From: Rich Johnson (rjohnson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-13 18:45:23

Folks--

Is there general interest in a "globbing" iterator?
If so I've got one I'm willing to re-package for submission.
(Or at least discuss with folks for improvement)

If you're interested, read on:

glob_iterator aggregates a directory_iterator and regex to provide 
shell-style  "*", "?", "{....}", "[....]" and "[^...]" wildcarding.

boost components used:
    filesystem::directory_iterator
    filesystem::path
    filter_iterator
    reg_expression
    c_regex_traits

Usage example:
//...do something to all .cpp and .c files
glob_iterator   start( "*.{c,cpp}" );
glob_iterator   end;
while( start != end ){
      std::string  filename( start->leaf() );
      //...do  something with/to filename
      ++start;
      }