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How to get file names from a specified directory

Hi,

Is there any simple way to get file names from a specified directory? I have
a program which converts files one by one and I need to convert thousands of
them.

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Maciej Paprota
Oct 18 '05 #1
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Maciej wrote:
Is there any simple way to get file names from a specified directory? I have
a program which converts files one by one and I need to convert thousands of
them.


Try the Boost.Filesystem library:

http://boost.org/libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm

Cheers! --M

Oct 18 '05 #2
In article <dj**********@news.task.gda.pl>, Maciej <mp**@o2.pl> wrote:
Is there any simple way to get file names from a specified directory? I have
a program which converts files one by one and I need to convert thousands of
them.


See http://www.boost.org for their file libs.
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