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std::experimental::filesystem::path::root_directory

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Technical specifications
Filesystem library (filesystem TS)
Library fundamentals (library fundamentals TS)
Library fundamentals 2 (library fundamentals 2 TS)
Extensions for parallelism (parallelism TS)
Concepts (concepts TS)
Extensions for concurrency (concurrency TS)
 
 
 
path root_directory() const;
(filesystem TS)

Returns the root directory of the path. If the path does not include root name, returns path().

Contents

[edit] Parameters

(none)

[edit] Return value

The root directory of the path.

[edit] Exceptions

(none)

[edit] Example

#include <iostream>
#include <experimental/filesystem>
namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
 
int main()
{
    fs::path p = fs::current_path();
 
    std::cout << "The current path " << p << " decomposes into:\n"
              << "root name " << p.root_name() << '\n'
              << "root directory " << p.root_directory() << '\n'
              << "relative path " << p.relative_path() << '\n';
}

Possible output:

The current path "C:\Users\abcdef\Local Settings\temp" decomposes into:
root name "C:"
root directory "\"
relative path "Users\abcdef\Local Settings\temp"

[edit] See also

returns the root-name of the path, if present
(public member function) [edit]
returns the root path of the path, if present
(public member function) [edit]