operator<<,>>(std::filesystem::path)

Performs stream input or output on the path p. std::quoted

These function templates are not visible to ordinary unqualified or qualified lookup, and can only be found by argument-dependent lookup when std::filesystem::path is an associated class of the arguments. This prevents undesirable conversions in the presence of a using namespace std::filesystem; using-directive

Parameters

Return value

Exceptions

May throw implementation-defined exceptions.

Possible implementation

template<class CharT, class Traits>
friend std::basic_ostream<CharT,Traits>&
    operator<<(std::basic_ostream<CharT,Traits>& os, const path& p)
{
    os << std::quoted(p.string<CharT,Traits>());
    return os;
}

template<class CharT, class Traits>
friend std::basic_istream<CharT,Traits>&
    operator>>(std::basic_istream<CharT,Traits>& is, path& p)
{
    std::basic_string<CharT, Traits> t;
    is >> std::quoted(t);
    p = t;
    return is;
}

Example

#include <filesystem>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    std::cout << std::filesystem::current_path() << '\n';
    std::cout << std::filesystem::temp_directory_path() << '\n';
}

"/home/user"
"/tmp"

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.