boost directory_iterator example – how to list directory files not recursive

The tut3 example is what you’re looking for:

See it Live on Coliru

Here’s a simplified version based on c++11:

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#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
#include <boost/range/iterator_range.hpp>
#include <iostream>

using namespace boost::filesystem;

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    path p(argc>1? argv[1] : ".");

    if(is_directory(p)) {
        std::cout << p << " is a directory containing:\n";

        for(auto& entry : boost::make_iterator_range(directory_iterator(p), {}))
            std::cout << entry << "\n";
    }
}

You can see I linked boost_system (for the errorcode facilities) and boost_filesystem:

g++ -std=c++11 -Os -Wall -pedantic main.cpp -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem && ./a.out .
"." is a directory containing:
"./main.cpp"
"./a.out"