// p0317_example.cpp -----------------------------------------------------------------// // Copyright Beman Dawes 2016 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. // See http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt // Library home page: http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------// #include #include #include using namespace boost::filesystem; void lengthy_function(const path& p) { // ... whatever } int main() { // use possibly cached last write time to minimize disk accesses for (auto&& x : directory_iterator(".")) { std::cout << x.path() << " " << x.last_write_time() << std::endl; } // call refresh() to refresh a stale cache for (auto&& x : directory_iterator(".")) { lengthy_function(x.path()); // cache becomes stale x.refresh(); std::cout << x.path() << " " << x.last_write_time() << std::endl; } }