Cross platform recursive file list using C++?

Question

What is the most efficient way to recursively list files in a specific directory and its subdirectories? Should I use the standard library, or use some third party?

I want this because I use v8 as a JavaScript engine, and I want to execute all scripts in some directory (and its subdirectories). If there's any built-in way to do that in v8, great :)

It should support Windows, Linux and OS X.

Thanks.

See also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/67273/how-do-you-iterate-through-every-file-directory-recursively-in-standard-c — Owen S., Jul 03 '10 at 06:26

Cogwheel · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-03T05:53:59.407

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For a generic cross-platform C++ solution, check out boost::filesystem

edited Jul 03 '10 at 05:53

answered Jul 03 '10 at 05:46

Cogwheel

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How can I do that with boost::filesystem? – Alon Gubkin Jul 03 '10 at 06:01
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@Excl, you can start by reading about it at the link Cogwheel gave you – Assaf Lavie Jul 03 '10 at 06:02
@Excl: the simple_ls example in particular would be worth a look – Cogwheel Jul 03 '10 at 06:14
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They need to update their tutorials to include `recursive_directory_iterator`. – Cubbi Jul 03 '10 at 06:24
does anyone know of a header-only solution? – amit kumar Aug 26 '11 at 10:06

Cross platform recursive file list using C++?

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