filesystem

Cheatsheet

• Convert path::iterator to string

  • Use .string()

• Remove trailing slash

  • std::filesystem::canonical() in C++17
  • Erase the character before converting to path object
  • Append a fake file and use .parent_path()

p /= "FAKE.PATH";
p = p.lexically_normal();
p = p.parent_path();

Reference

parent_path() with or without trailing slash - stackoverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36941934/parent-path-with-or-without-trailing-slash