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# Standard library header <experimental/filesystem>

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This header is part of the filesystem library.

Defined in inline namespace `std::experimental::filesystem::v1`
### Classes
path | represents a path (class) [edit]
filesystem_error | an exception thrown on file system errors (class) [edit]
directory_entry | a directory entry (class) [edit]
directory_iterator | an iterator to the contents of the directory (class) [edit]
recursive_directory_iterator | an iterator to the contents of a directory and its subdirectories (class) [edit]
file_status | represents file type and permissions (class) [edit]
space_info | information about free and available space on the filesystem (class) [edit]
file_type | the type of a file (enum) [edit]
perms | identifies file system permissions (enum) [edit]
copy_options | specifies semantics of copy operations (enum) [edit]
directory_options | options for iterating directory contents (enum) [edit]
file_time_type | represents file time values (typedef) [edit]
### Functions
swap(std::experimental::filesystem::path) | swaps two paths (function) [edit]
Template:cpp/experimental/fs/path/dsc hash value
operator==operator!=operator<operator<=operator>operator>= | lexicographically compares two paths (function) [edit]
operator/ | concatenates two paths with a directory separator (function) [edit]
operator<<operator>> | performs stream input and output on a path (function) [edit]
u8path | creates a `path` from a UTF-8 encoded source (function) [edit]
filesystem::begin(filesystem::directory_iterator)filesystem::end(filesystem::directory_iterator) | range-based for loop support (function) [edit]
filesystem::begin(filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator)filesystem::end(filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator) | range-based for loop support (function) [edit]
absolutesystem_complete | composes an absolute path converts a path to an absolute path replicating OS-specific behavior (function) [edit]
canonical | composes a canonical path (function) [edit]
copy | copies files or directories (function) [edit]
copy_file | copies file contents (function) [edit]
copy_symlink | copies a symbolic link (function) [edit]
create_directorycreate_directories | creates new directory (function) [edit]
create_hard_link | creates a hard link (function) [edit]
create_symlinkcreate_directory_symlink | creates a symbolic link (function) [edit]
current_path | return current working directory (function) [edit]
exists | checks whether path refers to existing file system object (function) [edit]
equivalent | checks whether two paths refer to the same file system object (function) [edit]
file_size | returns the size of a file (function) [edit]
hard_link_count | returns the number of hard links referring to the specific file (function) [edit]
last_write_time | gets or sets the time of the last data modification (function) [edit]
permissions | modifies file access permissions (function) [edit]
read_symlink | obtains the target of a symbolic link (function) [edit]
removeremove_all | removes a file or empty directory removes a file or directory and all its contents, recursively (function) [edit]
rename | moves or renames a file or directory (function) [edit]
resize_file | changes the size of a regular file by truncation or zero-fill (function) [edit]
space | determines available free space on the file system (function) [edit]
statussymlink_status | determines file attributes determines file attributes, checking the symlink target (function) [edit]
temp_directory_path | returns a directory suitable for temporary files (function) [edit]
##### File types
is_block_file | checks whether the given path refers to block device (function) [edit]
is_character_file | checks whether the given path refers to a character device (function) [edit]
is_directory | checks whether the given path refers to a directory (function) [edit]
is_empty | checks whether the given path refers to an empty file or directory (function) [edit]
is_fifo | checks whether the given path refers to a named pipe (function) [edit]
is_other | checks whether the argument refers to an other file (function) [edit]
is_regular_file | checks whether the argument refers to a regular file (function) [edit]
is_socket | checks whether the argument refers to a named IPC socket (function) [edit]
is_symlink | checks whether the argument refers to a symbolic link (function) [edit]
status_known | checks whether file status is known (function) [edit]

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