What is the meaning of dot and dotdot when listing folders using QDir::entryList?
It is not really obvious to me.
What is the meaning of dot and dotdot when listing folders using QDir::entryList? It
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What is the meaning of dot and dotdot when listing folders using QDir::entryList?
It is not really obvious to me.
.means “current directory” and..means “parent directory”.For example, if your directory is
C:\Users\Bob,.refers toC:\Users\Boband..refers toC:\Users.You will find that this is universal in programming and computers in general.
If you don’t want your list to contain these special directories, you can include
QDir::NoDotAndDotDotin your filter.