# std::filesystem::directory_entry

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Defined in header `<filesystem>` |  |
class directory_entry; |  | (since C++17)

Represents a directory entry. The object stores a `path` as a member and may also store additional file attributes (hard link count, status, symlink status file size, and last write time) during directory iteration.

### Member functions

(constructor) | constructs a directory entry (public member function)
(destructor) | default destructor (public member function)

##### Modifiers

operator= | assigns contents (public member function)
assign | assigns contents (public member function)
replace_filename | sets the filename (public member function)
refresh | updates the cached file attributes (public member function)

##### Observers

path operator const path& | returns the path the entry refers to (public member function)
exists | checks whether directory entry refers to existing file system object (public member function)
is_block_file | checks whether the directory entry refers to block device (public member function)
is_character_file | checks whether the directory entry refers to a character device (public member function)
is_directory | checks whether the directory entry refers to a directory (public member function)
is_fifo | checks whether the directory entry refers to a named pipe (public member function)
is_other | checks whether the directory entry refers to an other file (public member function)
is_regular_file | checks whether the directory entry refers to a regular file (public member function)
is_socket | checks whether the directory entry refers to a named IPC socket (public member function)
is_symlink | checks whether the directory entry refers to a symbolic link (public member function)
file_size | returns the size of the file to which the directory entry refers (public member function)
hard_link_count | returns the number of hard links referring to the file to which the directory entry refers (public member function)
last_write_time | gets or sets the time of the last data modification of the file to which the directory entry refers (public member function)
status symlink_status | status of the file designated by this directory entry symlink_status of the file designated by this directory entry (public member function)
operator==operator!=operator<operator<=operator>operator>= | compares two directory entries (public member function)

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