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    Default How to exclude a specific file extension from QDir::entryList

    Hi community,
    I know how to specify the file extensions that I would like to be considered when I call the QDir::entryList method:

    Qt Code:
    1. QDir dir(path);
    2. QStringList files = dir.entryList(QStringList() << "*.ext1" << "*.ext2", QDir::Files | QDir::NoDot | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
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    In this case the files having extensions ext1 and ext2 only are considered. But how to exclude a specific extension?
    For example I would like to considere ALL the extensions except a specific one ( in my case *.conf )

    Thx
    Franco Amato

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    Default Re: How to exclude a specific file extension from QDir::entryList

    Hi, I'm not sure if entryList() can do that. But you can simply get all files, then iterate over the stringlist and remove the matching files afterwards.

    Ginsengelf

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    Default Re: How to exclude a specific file extension from QDir::entryList

    Something like this:

    Qt Code:
    1. // Note that since QFileInfo::suffix() returns the extension -without- a leading ".", the code allows the
    2. // excluded extensions list to contain either "ext" or ".ext" and will check for both.
    3. //
    4. // This will also include files with no extensions, so if that is not desired, check the suffix for isEmpty()
    5. // and discard them too.
    6. //
    7. // Usage:
    8. //
    9. // QStringList noBinaryList = excludedEntryList( path, QStringList() << ".exe" << "dll", QDir::Files | QDir::NoDot | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot );
    10.  
    11. // Untested code! Might contain bugs
    12.  
    13. QStringList excludedEntryList( const QString & path, const QStringList & excludedExts, QDir::Filters filters )
    14. {
    15. QStringList filteredEntries;
    16. QDir dir( path );
    17. QFileInfoList unfilteredInfos = dir.entryInfoList( filters );
    18. for ( QFileInfo info : unfilteredInfos )
    19. {
    20. QString ext = info.suffix();
    21. if ( !excludedExts.contains( ext ) && !excludedExts.contains( "." + ext ) )
    22. filteredEntries.push_back( info.fullPath() );
    23. }
    24. return filteredEntries;
    25. }
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  4. The following user says thank you to d_stranz for this useful post:

    franco.amato (14th March 2022)

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