std::filesystem::file_type

 

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Filesystem library

Classes
filesystem::path filesystem::filesystem_error filesystem::directory_entry filesystem::directory_iterator filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator filesystem::file_status	filesystem::space_info filesystem::file_type filesystem::perms filesystem::copy_options filesystem::directory_options filesystem::file_time_type
Functions
filesystem::absolute filesystem::system_complete filesystem::canonicalfilesystem::weakly_canonical filesystem::relativefilesystem::proximate filesystem::copy filesystem::copy_file filesystem::copy_symlink filesystem::create_directory filesystem::create_directories filesystem::create_hard_link filesystem::create_symlink filesystem::create_directory_symlink filesystem::current_path	filesystem::exists filesystem::equivalent filesystem::file_size filesystem::hard_link_count filesystem::last_write_time filesystem::permissions filesystem::read_symlink filesystem::remove filesystem::remove_all filesystem::rename filesystem::resize_file filesystem::space filesystem::status filesystem::symlink_status filesystem::temp_directory_path
File types
filesystem::is_block_file filesystem::is_character_file filesystem::is_directory filesystem::is_empty filesystem::status_known	filesystem::is_fifo filesystem::is_other filesystem::is_regular_file filesystem::is_socket filesystem::is_symlink

 

Defined in header <filesystem>
enum class file_type {     none = /* unspecified */,     not_found = /* unspecified */,     regular = /* unspecified */,     directory = /* unspecified */,     symlink = /* unspecified */,     block = /* unspecified */,     character = /* unspecified */,     fifo = /* unspecified */,     socket = /* unspecified */,     unknown = /* unspecified */,     /* implementation-defined */ };		(since C++17)

Indicates a type of a file or directory a path refers to.

Constants

Constant	Meaning
none	indicates that the file status has not been evaluated yet, or an error occurred when evaluating it
not_found	indicates that the file was not found (this is not considered an error)
regular	a regular file
directory	a directory
symlink	a symbolic link
block	a block special file
character	a character special file
fifo	a FIFO (also known as pipe) file
socket	a socket file
implementation-defined	an additional implementation-defined constant for each additional file type supported by the implementation
unknown	the file exists but its type could not be determined