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std::filesy...try::assign(3) C++ Standard Libary std::filesy...try::assign(3) NAME std::filesystem::directory_entry::assign - std::filesystem::direc- tory_entry::assign Synopsis void assign( const std::filesystem::path& p ); (since C++17) void assign( const std::filesystem::path& p, std::error_code& ec ); Assigns new content to the directory entry object. Sets the path to p and calls refresh to update the cached attributes. If an error occurs, the values of the cached attributes are unspecified. This function does not commit any changes to the filesystem. Parameters p - path to the filesystem object to which the directory entry will refer ec - out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload Return value (none) Exceptions The overload that does not take a std::error_code& parameter throws filesystem::filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, con- structed with p as the first path argument and the OS error code as the error code argu- ment. The overload taking a std::error_code& parameter sets it to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec.clear() if no errors occur. Any overload not marked noexcept may throw std::bad_alloc if memory allocation fails. Example // Run this code #include <filesystem> #include <fstream> #include <iostream> void print_entry_info(const std::filesystem::directory_entry& entry) { std::cout << "the entry " << entry; if (not entry.exists()) { std::cout << " does not exists on the file system\n"; return; } std::cout << " is "; if (entry.is_directory()) std::cout << "a directory\n"; if (entry.is_regular_file()) std::cout << "a regular file\n"; /*...*/ } int main() { std::filesystem::current_path(std::filesystem::temp_direc- tory_path()); std::filesystem::directory_entry entry{std::filesystem::cur- rent_path()}; print_entry_info(entry); std::filesystem::path name{"cppreference.html"}; std::ofstream{name} << "C++"; std::cout << "entry.assign();\n"; entry.assign(entry/name); print_entry_info(entry); std::cout << "remove(entry);\n"; std::filesystem::remove(entry); print_entry_info(entry); // the entry still contains old "state" std::cout << "entry.assign();\n"; entry.assign(entry); // or just call entry.refresh() print_entry_info(entry); } Possible output: the entry "/tmp" is a directory entry.assign(); the entry "/tmp/cppreference.html" is a regular file remove(entry); the entry "/tmp/cppreference.html" is a regular file entry.assign(); the entry "/tmp/cppreference.html" does not exists on the file system See also operator= assigns contents (public member function) http://cppreference.com 2022.07.31 std::filesy...try::assign(3)
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