NAME

std::filesystem::path::c_str,std::filesystem::path::native, - std::filesystem::path::c_str,std::filesystem::path::native,

Synopsis

const value_type* c_str() const noexcept; (1) (since C++17)
const string_type& native() const noexcept; (2) (since C++17)
operator string_type() const; (3) (since C++17)

Accesses the native path name as a character string.

1) Equivalent to native().c_str().
2) Returns the native-format representation of the pathname by reference.
3) Returns the native-format representation of the pathname by value.

Parameters

(none)

Return value

The native string representation of the pathname, using native syntax, native
character type, and native character encoding. This string is suitable for use with
OS APIs.

Notes

The conversion function (3) is provided so that APIs that accept std::basic_string
file names can use pathnames with no changes to code.

Example

// Run this code

#include <cstdio>
#ifdef _MSC_VER
#include <io.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#else
#include <locale>
#include <clocale>
#endif
#include <fstream>
#include <filesystem>

int main()
{
#ifdef _MSC_VER
_setmode(_fileno(stderr), _O_WTEXT);
#else
std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
std::locale::global(std::locale(""));
#endif

std::filesystem::path p(u8"要らない.txt");
std::ofstream(p) << "File contents"; // Prior to LWG2676 uses operator string_type()
// on MSVC, where string_type is wstring, only
// works due to non-standard extension.
// Post-LWG2676 uses new fstream constructors

// native string representation can be used with OS APIs
if (std::FILE* f =
#ifdef _MSC_VER
_wfopen(p.c_str(), L"r")
#else
std::fopen(p.c_str(), "r")
#endif
)
{
int ch;
while((ch=fgetc(f)) != EOF) putchar(ch);
std::fclose(f);
}

std::filesystem::remove(p);
}

Possible output:

File contents