29 Input/output library [input.output]

29.11 File systems [filesystems]

29.11.6 Class path [fs.class.path]

29.11.6.5 Members [fs.path.member]

29.11.6.5.9 Decomposition [fs.path.decompose]

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path root_name() const;
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Returns: root-name, if the pathname in the generic format includes root-name, otherwise path().
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path root_directory() const;
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Returns: root-directory, if the pathname in the generic format includes root-directory, otherwise path().
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path root_path() const;
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Returns: root_­name() / root_­directory().
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path relative_path() const;
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Returns: A path composed from the pathname in the generic format, if empty() is false, beginning with the first filename after root_­path().
Otherwise, path().
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path parent_path() const;
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Returns: *this if has_­relative_­path() is false, otherwise a path whose generic format pathname is the longest prefix of the generic format pathname of *this that produces one fewer element in its iteration.
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path filename() const;
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Returns: relative_­path().empty() ? path() : *--end().
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[Example 1: path("/foo/bar.txt").filename(); // yields "bar.txt" path("/foo/bar").filename(); // yields "bar" path("/foo/bar/").filename(); // yields "" path("/").filename(); // yields "" path("//host").filename(); // yields "" path(".").filename(); // yields "." path("..").filename(); // yields ".." — end example]
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path stem() const;
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Returns: Let f be the generic format pathname of filename().
Returns a path whose pathname in the generic format is
  • (8.1)
    f, if it contains no periods other than a leading period or consists solely of one or two periods;
  • (8.2)
    otherwise, the prefix of f ending before its last period.
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[Example 2: std::cout << path("/foo/bar.txt").stem(); // outputs "bar" path p = "foo.bar.baz.tar"; for (; !p.extension().empty(); p = p.stem()) std::cout << p.extension() << '\n'; // outputs: .tar // .baz // .bar — end example]
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path extension() const;
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Returns: A path whose pathname in the generic format is the suffix of filename() not included in stem().
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[Example 3: path("/foo/bar.txt").extension(); // yields ".txt" and stem() is "bar" path("/foo/bar").extension(); // yields "" and stem() is "bar" path("/foo/.profile").extension(); // yields "" and stem() is ".profile" path(".bar").extension(); // yields "" and stem() is ".bar" path("..bar").extension(); // yields ".bar" and stem() is "." — end example]
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[Note 1:
The period is included in the return value so that it is possible to distinguish between no extension and an empty extension.
— end note]
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[Note 2:
On non-POSIX operating systems, for a path p, it is possible that p.stem() + p.extension() == p.filename() is false, even though the generic format pathnames are the same.
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