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Recursive Directory Function Execution

22 Jul 2008 (Updated 22 Jul 2008)

Code covered by the BSD License

Recurse through all directories executing the supplied function

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Description

Recurses through each directory, passing the full directory path and any extraneous arguments (varargin) to the specified function.

Call Sequence : directoryRecurse(directory, function_pointer, varargin)

IE: To execute the 'rmdir' command with the 's' parameter over 'c:\tmp' and all subdirectories:

directoryRecurse('c:\tmp', @rmdir, 's');

Another useful example, add 'c:\matlab' and all sub directories to the Matlab path:
directoryRecurse('c:\tmp', @addpath);

MATLAB release

MATLAB 7.0.4 (R14SP2)

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30 Jul 2008	Thierry Dalon	Idea is good but no concatenated output like in filefun FX9723. only interesting for functions with no output.

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path	Rodney Thomson	22 Oct 2008 10:11:15
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recursion	Rodney Thomson	22 Oct 2008 10:11:15
function handle	Rodney Thomson	22 Oct 2008 10:11:15
recurse	Rodney Thomson	22 Oct 2008 10:11:15
utilities	Rodney Thomson	22 Oct 2008 10:11:15
function handle	Linda	06 Apr 2009 12:38:23
recurse	Linda	06 Apr 2009 12:38:24
recursion	Linda	06 Apr 2009 12:38:25
utilities	Linda	06 Apr 2009 12:38:27
files	Linda	06 Apr 2009 12:38:28
directories	Linda	06 Apr 2009 12:38:29

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