[julia-users] Re: search for files along path

[Simon Danisch]

I've this piece of code flying around:
function searchfile(file_name::String, root_folder::String)
    file_name == "" && return ""
    files_folders = readdir(root_folder)
    folders       = filter(x->isdir(joinpath(root_folder, x)), 
files_folders)
    files         = filter(x->!isdir(joinpath(root_folder, x)), 
files_folders)
    results = filter(x-> x == file_name, files)
    if !isempty(results)
        return joinpath(root_folder, first(results))
    elseif isempty(folders)
        return ""
    else
        for folder in folders
            result = searchfile(file_name, joinpath(root_folder, folder))
            result != "" && return result
        end
    end
    return ""
end

Am Samstag, 14. März 2015 19:41:38 UTC+1 schrieb Andreas Lobinger:
>
> Hello colleagues,
>
> is there a simple method to search for data files (so not code) along a 
> given path? 
> data_path = ['/usr/local_data','/opt/all_data']
> f = find_file("a.data",data_path);
>
> Wishing a happy day,
>       Andreas
>