Hi: Yes, the filename object is a class, so in order to get a std::string-assuming your not using Unicode out for the filename, you need to call generic_string as previously stated. If you wre using Unicode std::wstring you would call generic_string. This will give you the filename +the extension, you can trim the extension off if you need using the string algo library-it's part of the filename object itself. Hth Sean. From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Amanullah Yasin Sent: 11 July 2011 14:41 To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Help is required to get the file names in a directory........... Yes, i am populating a string vector. vector<string> listOfFiles; Can you give some more detail? Thanks aman On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Sean Farrow mailto:sean.farrow@seanfarrow.co.uk> wrote: Hi: Where you are adding file names to the vector call the generic_string method of the file name object, and this should work. Hth Sean. From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.orgmailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.orgmailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Amanullah Yasin Sent: 11 July 2011 13:19 To: boost-users Subject: [Boost-users] Help is required to get the file names in a directory........... Hello, Before, with boost 1.38 and visual studio 2005, i was using following funtion to retrieve the file names in a folder. Now i switched to boot 1.46.1 and visual studio 2010, but the following method is not working. Please guide me. void Compilation::getFileNames(vector<string>& listOfFiles) { boost::filesystem::directory_iterator iterator(string(".")); for(; iterator != boost::filesystem::directory_iterator(); ++iterator) { cout << (iterator->path().filename())<< endl; listOfFiles.push_back(iterator->path().filename() ); } error: error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'boost::filesystem3::path' to 'std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>' Thanks in advance. aman Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://db.tt/xOEJ2Ag _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.orgmailto:Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users