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libs/filesystem/example/tut6b.cpp

//  filesystem tut6b.cpp  --------------------------------------------------------------//

//  Copyright Beman Dawes 2010

//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
//  See http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt

//  Library home page: http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem

#include <iostream>
#include <exception>
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>

using namespace boost::filesystem;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    if (argc < 2)
    {
        std::cout << "Usage: tut6b path\n";
        return 1;
    }

    try
    {
        for (recursive_directory_iterator it(argv[1]);
             it != recursive_directory_iterator();)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i <= it.level(); ++i)
                std::cout << "  ";

            std::cout << it->path() << '\n';

            try
            {
                ++it;
            }
            catch (filesystem_error& ex)
            {
                std::cout << "************* filesystem_error *****************\n";
                std::cout << ex.what() << '\n';
            }
        }
    }
    catch (std::exception& ex)
    {
        std::cout << "************* exception *****************\n";
        std::cout << ex.what() << '\n';
    }

    return 0;
}