NAME

std::experimental::filesystem::path::filename - std::experimental::filesystem::path::filename

Synopsis

path filename() const; (filesystem TS)

Returns the filename component of the path.

Equivalent to empty() ? path() : *--end().

Parameters

(none)

Return value

The filename identified by the path.

Exceptions

May throw implementation-defined exceptions.

Example

// Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <experimental/filesystem>
namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;

int main()
{
std::cout << fs::path("/foo/bar.txt").filename() << '\n'
<< fs::path("/foo/.bar").filename() << '\n'
<< fs::path("/foo/bar/").filename() << '\n'
<< fs::path("/foo/.").filename() << '\n'
<< fs::path("/foo/..").filename() << '\n'
<< fs::path(".").filename() << '\n'
<< fs::path("..").filename() << '\n'
<< fs::path("/").filename() << '\n';
}

Output:

"bar.txt"
".bar"
"."
"."
".."
"."
".."
"/"

See also

extension returns the file extension path component
(public member function)
stem returns the stem path component
(public member function)
replace_filename replaces the last path component with another path
(public member function)
has_filename checks if the corresponding path element is not empty
(public member function)