Summary

Here's a brief summary of what we have covered so far.

We'll cover the following

In this chapter, we dove into one of the biggest addition of C++17: std::filesystem. You saw the core elements of the library: the path class, directory_entry and iterators and lots of supporting free functions.

Throughout the chapter, we also explored lots of examples: from simple cases like composing a path, getting file size, iterating through directories to even more complex: filtering with regex or creating temp directory structures.

Now, you should be equipped with solid knowledge about std::filesystem and be prepared to explore the library on your own.


We will conclude with compiler support, in the next lesson.

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