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Traverses directory structures and contents in a platform-independent way. More...
#include <qdir.h>
A QDir can point to a file using either a relative or an absolute file path. Absolute file paths begin with the directory separator ('/') or a drive specification (not applicable to UNIX). Relative file names begin with a directory name or a file name and specify a path relative to the current directory.
An example of an absolute path is the string "/tmp/quartz", a relative path might look like "src/fatlib". You can use the function isRelative() to check if a QDir is using a relative or an absolute file path. You can call the function convertToAbs() to convert a relative QDir to an absolute one.
The directory "example" under the current directory is checked for existence in the example below:
QDir d( "example" ); // "./example"
if ( !d.exists() )
qWarning( "Cannot find the example directory" );
If you always use '/' as a directory separator, Qt will translate your paths to conform to the underlying operating system.
cd() and cdUp() can be used to navigate the directory tree. Note that the logical cd and cdUp operations are not performed if the new directory does not exist.
Example:
QDir d = QDir::root(); // "/"
if ( !d.cd("tmp") ) { // "/tmp"
qWarning( "Cannot find the \"/tmp\" directory" );
} else {
QFile f( d.filePath("ex1.txt") ); // "/tmp/ex1.txt"
if ( !f.open(IO_ReadWrite) )
qWarning( "Cannot create the file %s", f.name() );
}
To read the contents of a directory you can use the entryList() and entryInfoList() functions.
Example:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <qdir.h>
//
// This program scans the current directory and lists all files
// that are not symbolic links, sorted by size with the smallest files
// first.
//
int main( int argc, char **argv )
{
QDir d;
d.setFilter( QDir::Files | QDir::Hidden | QDir::NoSymLinks );
d.setSorting( QDir::Size | QDir::Reversed );
const QFileInfoList *list = d.entryInfoList();
QFileInfoListIterator it( *list ); // create list iterator
QFileInfo *fi; // pointer for traversing
printf( " BYTES FILENAME\n" ); // print header
while ( (fi=it.current()) ) { // for each file...
printf( "%10li %s\n", fi->size(), fi->fileName().data() );
++it; // goto next list element
}
}
Dirs - List directories only
Files - List files only
Drives - List disk drives (does nothing under unix)
NoSymLinks - Do not list symbolic links (where they exist)
Readable - List files for which the application has read access.
Writable - List files for which the application has write access.
Executable - List files for which the application has execute access
Modified - Only list files that have been modified (does nothing
under unix)
Hidden - List hidden files (on unix, files starting with a .)
System - List system files (does nothing under unix)
If you do not set any of Readable, Writable or Executable,
QDir will set all three of them. This makes the default easy to
write and at the same time useful.
Examples: Readable|Writable means list all files for which the
application has read access, write access or both. Dirs|Drives
means list drives, directories, all files that the application can
read, write or execute, and also symlinks to such files/directories.
Name - sort by name
Time - sort by time (modification time)
Size - sort by file size
Unsorted - do not sort
DirsFirst - put all directories first in the list
Reversed - reverse the sort order
IgnoreCase - sort case-insensitively
You can only specify one of the first four. If you specify both DirsFirst and Reversed, directories are still put first but the
list is otherwise reversed.
Constructs a QDir pointing to the current directory.
See also currentDirPath().
Constructs a QDir.
Arguments:
Example:
// lists all files in /tmp
QDir d( "/tmp" );
for ( int i=0; i<d.count(); i++ )
printf( "%s\n", d[i] );
If path is "" or null, the directory is set to "." (the current directory). If nameFilter is "" or null, it is set to "*" (all files).
No check is made to ensure that the directory exists.
See also exists(), setPath(), setNameFilter(), setFilter() and setSorting().
Constructs a QDir that is a copy of the given directory.
See also operator=().
[virtual]Destructs the QDir and cleans up.
[virtual]Returns the absolute path name of a file in the directory. Does NOT check if the file actually exists in the directory. Redundant multiple separators or "." and ".." directories in fileName will NOT be removed (see cleanDirPath()).
If acceptAbsPath is TRUE a fileName starting with a separator ('/') will be returned without change. if acceptAbsPath is FALSE an absolute path will be appended to the directory path.
See also filePath().
[virtual]Returns the absolute (a path that starts with '/') path, which may contain symbolic links, but never contains redundant ".", ".." or multiple separators.
See also setPath(), canonicalPath(), exists(), cleanDirPath(), dirName() and absFilePath().
[virtual]Returns the canonical path, i.e. a path without symbolic links or redundant "." or ".." elements.
On systems that do not have symbolic links this function will always return the same string that absPath returns. If the canonical path does not exist (normally due to dangling symbolic links) canonicalPath() returns a null string.
See also path(), absPath(), exists(), cleanDirPath(), dirName(), absFilePath() and QString::isNull().
[virtual]Changes directory by descending into the given directory. Returns TRUE if the new directory exists and is readable. Note that the logical cd operation is NOT performed if the new directory does not exist.
If acceptAbsPath is TRUE a path starting with a separator ('/') will cd to the absolute directory, if acceptAbsPath is FALSE any number of separators at the beginning of dirName will be removed.
Example:
QDir d = QDir::home(); // now points to home directory
if ( !d.cd("c++") ) { // now points to "c++" under home directory if OK
QFileInfo fi( d, "c++" );
if ( fi.exists() ) {
if ( fi.isDir() )
qWarning( "Cannot cd into \"%s\".", (char*)d.absFilePath("c++") );
else
qWarning( "Cannot create directory \"%s\"\n"
"A file named \"c++\" already exists in \"%s\"",
(const char *)d.absFilePath("c++"),
(const char *)d.path() );
return;
} else {
qWarning( "Creating directory \"%s\"",
(const char *) d.absFilePath("c++") );
if ( !d.mkdir( "c++" ) ) {
qWarning("Could not create directory \"%s\"",
(const char *)d.absFilePath("c++") );
return;
}
}
}
Calling cd( ".." ) is equivalent to calling cdUp().
See also cdUp(), isReadable(), exists() and path().
[virtual]Changes directory by moving one directory up the path followed to arrive at the current directory.
Returns TRUE if the new directory exists and is readable. Note that the logical cdUp() operation is not performed if the new directory does not exist.
See also cd(), isReadable(), exists() and path().
[static]Removes all multiple directory separators ('/') and resolves any "." or ".." found in the path.
Symbolic links are kept. This function does not return the canonical path, but rather the most simplified version of the input. "../stuff" becomes "stuff", "stuff/../nonsense" becomes "nonsense" and "\\stuff\\more\\..\\nonsense" becomes "\\stuff\\nonsense".
See also absPath() and canonicalPath().
[static]Converts the '/' separators in pathName to system native separators. Returns the translated string.
On Windows, convertSeparators("c:/winnt/system32") returns "c:\winnt\system32".
No conversion is done on UNIX.
[virtual]Converts the directory path to an absolute path. If it is already absolute nothing is done.
See also isRelative().
Returns the number of files that was found. Equivalent to entryList().count().
See also operator[]() and entryList().
[static]Returns the current directory.
See also currentDirPath() and QDir::QDir().
[static]Returns the absolute path of the current directory.
See also current().
[virtual]Returns the name of the directory, this is NOT the same as the path, e.g. a directory with the name "mail", might have the path "/var/spool/mail". If the directory has no name (e.g. the root directory) a null string is returned.
No check is made to ensure that a directory with this name actually exists.
See also path(), absPath(), absFilePath(), exists() and QString::isNull().
[static]Returns a list of the root directories on this system. On win32, this returns a number of QFileInfo objects containing "C:/", "D:/" etc. On other operating systems, it returns a list containing just one root directory (e.g. "/").
The returned pointer is owned by Qt. Callers should not delete or modify it.
[virtual]This function is included to easy porting from Qt 1.x to Qt 2.0, it is the same as entryList(), but encodes the filenames as 8-bit strings using QFile::encodedName().
It is more efficient to use entryList().
[virtual]This function is included to easy porting from Qt 1.x to Qt 2.0, it is the same as entryList(), but encodes the filenames as 8-bit strings using QFile::encodedName().
It is more efficient to use entryList().
[virtual]Returns a list of QFileInfo objects for all files and directories in the directory pointed to using the setSorting(), setFilter() and setNameFilter() specifications.
The the filter and sorting specifications can be overridden using the nameFilter, filterSpec and sortSpec arguments.
Returns 0 if the directory is unreadable or does not exist.
The returned pointer is a const pointer to a QFileInfoList. The list is owned by the QDir object and will be reused on the next call to entryInfoList() for the same QDir instance. If you want to keep the entries of the list after a subsequent call to this function you will need to copy them.
See also entryList(), setNameFilter(), setSorting() and setFilter().
[virtual]Returns a list of QFileInfo objects for all files and directories in the directory pointed to using the setSorting(), setFilter() and setNameFilter() specifications.
The the filter and sorting specifications can be overridden using the filterSpec and sortSpec arguments.
Returns 0 if the directory is unreadable or does not exist.
The returned pointer is a const pointer to a QFileInfoList. The list is owned by the QDir object and will be reused on the next call to entryInfoList() for the same QDir instance. If you want to keep the entries of the list after a subsequent call to this function you will need to copy them.
See also entryList(), setNameFilter(), setSorting() and setFilter().
[virtual]Returns a list of the names of all files and directories in the directory indicated by the setSorting(), setFilter() and setNameFilter() specifications.
The the filter and sorting specifications can be overridden using the nameFilter, filterSpec and sortSpec arguments.
Returns and empty list if the directory is unreadable or does not exist.
See also entryInfoList(), setNameFilter(), setSorting(), setFilter() and encodedEntryList().
[virtual]Returns a list of the names of all files and directories in the directory indicated by the setSorting(), setFilter() and setNameFilter() specifications.
The the filter and sorting specifications can be overridden using the filterSpec and sortSpec arguments.
Returns an empty list if the directory is unreadable or does not exist.
See also entryInfoList(), setNameFilter(), setSorting(), setFilter() and encodedEntryList().
[virtual]Returns TRUE if the directory exists. (If a file with the same name is found this function will of course return FALSE).
See also QFileInfo::exists() and QFile::exists().
[virtual]Checks for existence of a file.
If acceptAbsPaths is TRUE a path starting with a separator ('/') will check the file with the absolute path, if acceptAbsPath is FALSE any number of separators at the beginning of name will be removed.
Returns TRUE if the file exists, otherwise FALSE.
See also QFileInfo::exists() and QFile::exists().
[virtual]Returns the path name of a file in the directory. Does NOT check if the file actually exists in the directory. If the QDir is relative the returned path name will also be relative. Redundant multiple separators or "." and ".." directories in fileName will not be removed (see cleanDirPath()).
If acceptAbsPath is TRUE a fileName starting with a separator ('/') will be returned without change. If acceptAbsPath is FALSE an absolute path will be appended to the directory path.
See also absFilePath(), isRelative() and canonicalPath().
Returns the value set by setFilter()
See also setFilter().
[static]Returns the home directory.
See also homeDirPath().
[static]Returns the absolute path for the user's home directory,
See also home().
[virtual]Returns TRUE if the directory is readable AND we can open files by name. This function will return FALSE if only one of these is present.
Warning: A FALSE value from this function is not a guarantee that files in the directory are not accessible.
See also QFileInfo::isReadable().
[virtual]Returns TRUE if the directory path is relative to the current directory, FALSE if the path is absolute (e.g. under UNIX a path is relative if it does not start with a '/').
According to Einstein this function should always return TRUE.
See also convertToAbs().
[static]Returns TRUE if the path is relative, FALSE if it is absolute.
See also isRelative().
[virtual]Returns TRUE if the directory is the root directory, otherwise FALSE.
Note: If the directory is a symbolic link to the root directory this function returns FALSE. If you want to test for this you can use canonicalPath():
Example:
QDir d( "/tmp/root_link" );
d = d.canonicalPath();
if ( d.isRoot() )
qWarning( "It IS a root link!" );
See also root() and rootDirPath().
[static]Returns TRUE if the fileName matches the wildcard filter. Filter may also contain multiple wildcards separated by spaces or semicolons.
See also QRegExp.
[static]Returns TRUE if the fileName matches one of the wildcards in the list filters.
See also QRegExp.
Returns the value set by setMatchAllDirs()
See also setMatchAllDirs().
[virtual]Creates a directory.
If acceptAbsPath is TRUE a path starting with a separator ('/') will create the absolute directory, if acceptAbsPath is FALSE any number of separators at the beginning of dirName will be removed.
Returns TRUE if successful, otherwise FALSE.
See also rmdir().
Returns the string set by setNameFilter()
See also setNameFilter().
[virtual]Returns TRUE if the d and this dir have different path or different sort/filter settings, otherwise FALSE.
Sets the directory path to be the given path.
Makes a copy of d and assigns it to this QDir.
[virtual]Returns TRUE if the d and this dir have the same path and all sort and filter settings are equal, otherwise FALSE.
Returns the file name at position index in the list of found file names. Equivalent to entryList().at(index).
Returns null if the index is out of range or if the entryList() function failed.
See also count() and entryList().
[virtual]Returns the path, this may contain symbolic links, but never contains redundant ".", ".." or multiple separators.
The returned path can be either absolute or relative (see setPath()).
See also setPath(), absPath(), exists(), cleanDirPath(), dirName(), absFilePath() and convertSeparators().
[virtual]Removes a file.
If acceptAbsPath is TRUE a path starting with a separator ('/') will remove the file with the absolute path, if acceptAbsPath is FALSE any number of separators at the beginning of fileName will be removed.
Returns TRUE if successful, otherwise FALSE.
[virtual]Renames a file.
If acceptAbsPaths is TRUE a path starting with a separator ('/') will rename the file with the absolute path, if acceptAbsPath is FALSE any number of separators at the beginning of name will be removed.
Returns TRUE if successful, otherwise FALSE.
On most file systems, rename() fails only if oldName does not exist or if newName and oldName are not on the same partition, but there are also other reasons why rename() can fail. For example, on at least one file system rename() fails if newName points to an open file.
[virtual]Removes a directory.
If acceptAbsPath is TRUE a path starting with a separator ('/') will remove the absolute directory, if acceptAbsPath is FALSE any number of separators at the beginning of dirName will be removed.
The directory must be empty for rmdir() to succeed.
Returns TRUE if successful, otherwise FALSE.
See also mkdir().
[static]Returns the root directory.
See also rootDirPath() and drives().
[static]Returns the absolute path for the root directory ("/" under UNIX).
[static]Returns the native directory separator; '/' under UNIX and '\' under MS-DOS, Windows NT and OS/2.
You do not need to use this function to build file paths. If you always use '/', Qt will translate your paths to conform to the underlying operating system.
[static]Sets the the current directory. Returns TRUE if successful.
[virtual]Sets the filter used by entryList() and entryInfoList(). The filter is used to specify the kind of files that should be returned by entryList() and entryInfoList().
See also nameFilter().
[virtual]If enable is TRUE, all directories will be listed (even if they do not match the filter or the name filter), otherwise only matched directories will be listed.
See also matchAllDirs().
Bugs and limitations:
[virtual]Sets the name filter used by entryList() and entryInfoList().
The name filter is a wildcarding filter that understands "*" and "?" wildcards, You may specify several filter entries separated by a " " or a ";". If you want entryList() and entryInfoList() to list all files ending with ".cpp" and all files ending with ".h", you simply call dir.setNameFilter("*.cpp *.h") or dir.setNameFilter("*.cpp;*.h")
See also nameFilter().
[virtual]Sets the path of the directory. The path is cleaned of redundant ".", ".." and multiple separators. No check is made to ensure that a directory with this path exists.
The path can be either absolute or relative. Absolute paths begin with the directory separator ('/') or a drive specification (not applicable to UNIX). Relative file names begin with a directory name or a file name and specify a path relative to the current directory. An example of an absolute path is the string "/tmp/quartz", a relative path might look like "src/fatlib". You can use the function isRelative() to check if a QDir is using a relative or an absolute file path. You can call the function convertToAbs() to convert a relative QDir to an absolute one.
See also path(), absPath(), exists, cleanDirPath(), dirName(), absFilePath(), isRelative() and convertToAbs().
[virtual]Sets the sorting order used by entryList() and entryInfoList().
The sortSpec is specified by or-ing values from the enum SortSpec. The different values are:
One of these:
ORed with zero or more of these:
Returns the value set by setSorting()
See also setSorting().
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