# std::hash<std::filesystem::path>

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Defined in header `<filesystem>` |  |
template<> struct hash<std::filesystem::path>; |  | (since C++17)

The template specialization of std::hash for std::filesystem::path allows users to obtain hash values of std::filesystem::path.

The operator() of this specialization is noexcept. For every std::filesystem::path value `p`, std::hash<std::filesystem::path>{}(p) is equal to std::filesystem::hash_value(p).

This specialization was absent from the C++17 standard publication, see LWG issue 3657.

### Example

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    #include <cassert>
    #include <cstddef>
    #include <iomanip>
    #include <iostream>
    #include <filesystem>
    #include <unordered_set>
    namespace fs = std::filesystem;

    void show_hash(fs::path const& p)
    {
        std::cout << std::hex << std::uppercase << std::setw(16)
                  << std::hash<fs::path>{}(p) << " : " << p << '\n';
    }

    int main()
    {
        auto tmp1 = fs::path{"/tmp"};
        auto tmp2 = fs::path{"/tmp/../tmp"};
        assert( ! (tmp1 == tmp2) );
        assert( fs::equivalent(tmp1, tmp2) );
        show_hash( tmp1 );
        show_hash( tmp2 );

        for (auto s : {"/a///b", "/a//b", "/a/c", "...", "..", ".", ""})
            show_hash(s);

        std::unordered_set<fs::path, std::hash<fs::path>> dirs {
            "/bin", "/bin", "/lib", "/lib", "/opt", "/opt", "/tmp", "/tmp/../tmp"
        };
        for (fs::path const& p: dirs) { std::cout << p << ' '; }
    }

Possible output:

    6050C47ADB62DFE5 : "/tmp"
    62795A58B69AD90A : "/tmp/../tmp"
    FF302110C9991974 : "/a///b"
    FF302110C9991974 : "/a//b"
    FD6167277915D464 : "/a/c"
    C42040F82CD8B542 : "..."
    D2D30154E0B78BBC : ".."
    D18C722215ED0530 : "."
                   0 : ""
    "/tmp/../tmp" "/opt" "/lib" "/tmp" "/bin"

### See also

hash (C++11) | hash function object (class template)
hash_value (c++17) | calculates a hash value for a path object (function)

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