Recursively search for files

Recursively finds all instances of files and folders with a naming pattern

Returns a list of all files matching a given pattern (*.m, *.mat, data*.xls*, etc) that live anywhere in or below a given starting folder.
For example, >> files = findfiles('*.mat','C:\myfolder'); will find C:\myfolder\foo.mat, C:\myfolder\data.mat, C:\myfolder\mydata\data.mat, etc.