What i mean is i need to parse through a folder on my computer using 'directory_iterator d(folder);' and i know that to gain access to the file the d is pointing to i need to do this: path p = d->path(); (at least i think i need to do that) but anyways once i have p as the file that it is pointing to, how do i access the information of that file, for example i want to figure out what file extension the file has and what size it is in Bytes. Thanks in advance for your help