Hello All, I am trying to figure out the path to several files w/ the same name inside a certain directory structure. I was thinking of using the find_file() function from the filesystem library (see below). Unfortunately, the function stops when the first match is encountered. Is there a better way and/or alternative?? Thanks. ~G bool find_file( const path & dir_path, // in this directory, const std::string & file_name, // search for this name, path & path_found ) // placing path here if found { if ( !exists( dir_path ) ) return false; directory_iterator end_itr; // default construction yields past-the-end for ( directory_iterator itr( dir_path ); itr != end_itr; ++itr ) { if ( is_directory(itr->status()) ) { if ( find_file( itr->path(), file_name, path_found ) ) return true; } else if ( itr->leaf() == file_name ) // see below { path_found = itr->path(); return true; } } return false; } ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________