Get a file name from a path

Question

What is the simplest way to get the file name that from a path?

string filename = \"C:\\\\MyDirectory\\\\MyFile.bat\"

In this example, I s

Answer 1

If you can use boost,

#include 
path p("C:\\MyDirectory\\MyFile.bat");
string basename = p.filename().string();
//or 
//string basename = path("C:\\MyDirectory\\MyFile.bat").filename().string();

This is all.

I recommend you to use boost library. Boost gives you a lot of conveniences when you work with C++. It supports almost all platforms. If you use Ubuntu, you can install boost library by only one line sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev (ref. How to Install boost on Ubuntu?)