Re: [Boost-users] Help is required to get the file names in a directory...........

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Help is required to get the file names in a directory...........
From: Amanullah Yasin (amanyasin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-07-11 09:41:25

Yes, i am populating a string vector.
 vector<string> listOfFiles;

Can you give some more detail?

Thanks

aman

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Sean Farrow
<sean.farrow_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> Hi: ****
>
> Where you are adding file names to the vector call the generic_string
> method of the file name object, and this should work.****
>
> Hth****
>
> Sean.****
>
> *From:* boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:
> boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] *On Behalf Of *Amanullah Yasin
> *Sent:* 11 July 2011 13:19
> *To:* boost-users
> *Subject:* [Boost-users] Help is required to get the file names in a
> directory...........****
>
> ** **
>
> Hello,
> Before, with boost 1.38 and visual studio 2005, i was using following
> funtion to retrieve the file names in a folder.
> Now i switched to boot 1.46.1 and visual studio 2010, but the following
> method is not working. Please guide me.
>
> void Compilation::getFileNames(vector<string>& listOfFiles)****
>
>       {****
>
>       ****
>
>       boost::filesystem::directory_iterator iterator(string("."));****
>
>       ****
>
>       for(; iterator != boost::filesystem::directory_iterator();
> ++iterator)****
>
>             {****
>
>                   cout << (iterator->path().filename())<< endl;****
>
>                   listOfFiles.push_back(iterator->path().filename()****
>
>                  );****
>
>         }****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> error: error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from
> 'boost::filesystem3::path' to 'std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>'****
>
> ** **
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> aman
>
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