std::experimental::filesystem::directory_iterator(3)

NAME
std::experimental::filesystem::directory_iterator - std::experimental::filesystem::directory_iterator

Synopsis
   Defined in header <experimental/filesystem>
   class directory_iterator; (filesystem TS)
   directory_iterator is an LegacyInputIterator that iterates over the directory_entry
   elements of a directory (but does not visit the subdirectories). The iteration order
   is unspecified, except that each directory entry is visited only once. The special
   pathnames dot and dot-dot are skipped.
   If the directory_iterator is advanced past the last directory entry, it becomes
   equal to the default-constructed iterator, also known as the end iterator. Two end
   iterators are always equal, dereferencing or incrementing the end iterator is
   undefined behavior.
   If a file or a directory is deleted or added to the directory tree after the
   directory iterator has been created, it is unspecified whether the change would be
   observed through the iterator.

Member types
   Member type Definition
   value_type filesystem::directory_entry
   difference_type std::ptrdiff_t
   pointer const filesystem::directory_entry*
   reference const filesystem::directory_entry&
   iterator_category std::input_iterator_tag

Member functions
   constructor constructs a directory iterator
                 (public member function)
   destructor default destructor
                 (public member function)
   operator= assigns contents
                 (public member function)
   operator* accesses the pointed-to entry
   operator-> (public member function)
   increment advances to the next entry
   operator++ (public member function)

Non-member functions
   filesystem::begin(filesystem::directory_iterator) range-based for loop support
   filesystem::end(filesystem::directory_iterator) (function)
   Additionally, operator== and operator!= are provided, either as members or as
   non-members, as required by LegacyInputIterator.

Example
// Run this code
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <experimental/filesystem>
 namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
 int main()
 {
     fs::create_directories("sandbox/a/b");
     std::ofstream{"sandbox/file1.txt"};
     std::ofstream{"sandbox/file2.txt"};
     for(const fs::directory_entry& entry: fs::directory_iterator{"sandbox"})
         std::cout << entry << '\n';
     fs::remove_all("sandbox");
 }

Possible output:
 "sandbox/a"
 "sandbox/file1.txt"
 "sandbox/file2.txt"

See also
                        an iterator to the contents of a directory and its
   recursive_directory_iterator subdirectories
                        (class)
   directory_options options for iterating directory contents
                        (enum)
   directory_entry a directory entry
                        (class)