Boost.Filesystem- a great library. Here is the code I wrote earlier, you can easily change the search criteria as soon as you recognize the library (you can request the size and extension):
using namespace std;
using namespace boost::filesystem;
void find_file(const path& root, const string& file_name, vector<path>& found_files)
{
directory_iterator current_file(root), end_file;
bool found_file_in_dir = false;
for( ; current_file != end_file; ++current_file)
{
if( is_directory(current_file->status()) )
find_file(*current_file, file_name, found_files);
if( !found_file_in_dir && current_file->leaf() == file_name )
{
found_files.push_back(*current_file);
found_file_in_dir = true;
}
}
}
int main()
{
string file_name;
string root_path;
vector<path> found_files;
std::cout << root_path;
cout << "Please enter the name of the file to be found(with extension): ";
cin >> file_name;
cout << "Please enter the starting path of the search: ";
cin >> root_path;
cout << endl;
find_file(root_path, file_name, found_files);
for( std::size_t i = 0; i < found_files.size(); ++i)
cout << found_files[i] << endl;
}
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