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Reading a file line by line with boost filesystem C++

I'm using the boost::filesystem library to open a file with a specific path file_path:

 fs::ifstream file(file_path);
    string str;
    vector<string> filenames;
    while(getline(file, str)){
        filenames.push_back(str);
    }

This code has been adapted from regular C++ code without boost. I initially was reading in a file placed in my current directory but I had to edit the path. Now it appears that getline is not working correctly. Is there a boost alternative to getline so that I can parse the file line by line and read them into the vector?

Thanks!

Solution

  • The answer above is absolutely correct. In case anyone wants full code :

    boost::filesystem::ifstream fileHandler(fileName);
string line;
while (getline(fileHandler, line)) {
    cout << line << endl;
}