Issue

So my question, how to split a path into separate strings in a cross platform manner.

This solution, using Boost.Filesystem is very elegant and Boost must have implemented some splitPath() function. I couldn't find any.

Note: bear in mind that I can do this task myself but I'm more interested in a closed box solution.

Solution

Indeed, there is path_iterator. But if you want elegance:

#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>

int main() {
    for(auto& part : boost::filesystem::path("/tmp/foo.txt"))
        std::cout << part << "\n";
}

Prints:

"/"
"tmp"
"foo.txt"

And

    for(auto& part : boost::filesystem::path("/tmp/foo.txt"))
        std::cout << part.c_str() << "\n";

prints

/
tmp
foo.txt

No need to worry about the moving parts

Answered By - sehe

Answer Checked By - David Goodson (PHPFixing Volunteer)