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;

}