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

From: Alan Stewart (astewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-14 09:58:35

Sounds great to me!

Rich Johnson wrote:

> 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;
>      }
>
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