directory listing etc

[stolennomenclature]

I am having trouble finding any functions/objects in the standard C++ libraries for doing things like listing the contents of directories (files, subdirectories), finding the size of disc files, or the date/time stamps on disc files, etc. These things seem to me to be very basic functionality you would expect any language to have, but I cannot seem to find anything in the listings on your site. Do I have to go for something like the Boost libraries to get this sort of functionality?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Zhuge]

There is nothing in the standard library for this. You would have to look in Boost as you suggest or OS-specific APIs. The main reason (I would guess) being that filesystem information is beyond the scope of the language or something.

[mmgateway]

Im stuck with this issue too. But thanks Zhuge for the info.

[Bazzy]

Here is the specific Boost library for this: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_44_0/libs/filesystem/v2/doc/index.htm