Boost filesystem intro

boost_filesystem_0.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>

namespace bf = boost::filesystem;

int open_ostream(bf::ofstream &t_stream, bf::path t_path, std::ios_base::openmode t_mode) {
  t_stream.open(t_path, t_mode);
  if (!t_stream.is_open()) {
    std::cerr << "Could not open output file " <<  t_path << std::endl;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}

int main(int argc, char **argv){
	std::string myname = "Andrew";
	std::cout << myname << std::endl;

	bf::path my_path(argv[1]);
	bf::path another_path;

	std::cout << "another length: " << another_path.string().length() << std::endl;

	std::cout << "raw: "      << my_path << std::endl;
	std::cout << "filename: " << my_path.filename() << std::endl;
	std::cout << "stem: "     << my_path.stem()     << std::endl;
	std::cout << "replace: "  << my_path.replace_extension("foo")     << std::endl;
	std::cout << "raw now: "  << my_path     << std::endl;

	bf::ofstream ofstr;
	open_ostream(ofstr, my_path, std::ios::out);
	ofstr << "Hello Andrew";

	// std::ofstream stdstream = open_stdstream(my_path.string());
	// stdstream << "Hello Andrew";

	std::string foo = "/foo/bar/baz.txt";
	bf::path other_path;
	other_path = foo;
	std::cout << "other: "      << other_path << std::endl;
}