How can boost check if a file is visible/invisible?

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askogorev2014-02-21 09:02:10

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askogorev, 2014-02-21 09:02:10

How can boost check if a file is visible/invisible?
Given: the path to the file
If you can do without third-party libraries, it would be better.
Still, a platform-independent solution is desirable.

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leclecovich, 2014-02-21
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No way. For Windows, use this .
For *nix, check for a dot at the beginning of the filename.

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tugo, 2014-02-21
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www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/libs/filesystem/doc/...

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DancingOnWater, 2014-02-21
@DancingOnWater

Among cross-platform tools, this is implemented in QDir from Qt, I suspect that in the boost you need to look in the same direction

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Eugene, 2014-05-30
@EvgenijDv

What means

visibility/invisibility

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Do you want to check if a file exists? Then boost::filesystem::exists() will help you.
And if you want to check if the flag is set to "hidden", then boost will not help you, because in Windows it is a flag in the file, and in nix it is a dot at the beginning of the file name.