• Ky-Anh Huynh (14/14) Sep 27 2017 Hi,
• Nicholas Wilson (16/31) Sep 27 2017 I'd just use dirEntries with SpanMode.shallow in combination with
• Ky-Anh Huynh (10/24) Sep 27 2017 Thank you Nicolas. It's a good idea.

Ky-Anh Huynh <saigon example.net> writes:

Hi,

Can I have a `break` option when using `dirEntries()`  (similar 
to `break` in a loop)? I want to study sub-directories but if any 
sub-directory matches my criteria I don't to look further into 
their subdirectories

```
   <working-dir>
      A/   -> matches criteria, stop here, go to next directory (B)
      B/   -> doesn't match criteria, will look at its 
sub-directories (BX, BY,...)
        BX
        BY
```

Thanks a lot

Nicholas Wilson <iamthewilsonator hotmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 at 09:00:55 UTC, Ky-Anh Huynh 
wrote:
 Hi,

 Can I have a `break` option when using `dirEntries()`  (similar 
 to `break` in a loop)? I want to study sub-directories but if 
 any sub-directory matches my criteria I don't to look further 
 into their subdirectories

 ```
   <working-dir>
      A/   -> matches criteria, stop here, go to next directory 
 (B)
      B/   -> doesn't match criteria, will look at its 
 sub-directories (BX, BY,...)
        BX
        BY
 ```

 Thanks a lot

I'd just use dirEntries with SpanMode.shallow in combination with 
filter either in a loop or a recursive function like below.

void foo(string path = "path")
{
     foreach(e; 
dirEntries(path,SpanMode.shallow).filter!(myCritreia(paramters)))
     {
         if (e. isDir)
             foo(e.name); // recurse
         // do other stuff
     }
}

you will loop over all subdirs of "path" that satisfy 
`myCritreia`.

Ky-Anh Huynh <saigon example.net> writes:

On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 at 10:05:34 UTC, Nicholas Wilson 
wrote:

 I'd just use dirEntries with SpanMode.shallow in combination 
 with filter either in a loop or a recursive function like below.

 void foo(string path = "path")
 {
     foreach(e; 
 dirEntries(path,SpanMode.shallow).filter!(myCritreia(paramters)))
     {
         if (e. isDir)
             foo(e.name); // recurse
         // do other stuff
     }
 }

 you will loop over all subdirs of "path" that satisfy 
 `myCritreia`.

Thank you Nicolas. It's a good idea.

PS: With Linux find command, the thing can be done easily with 
`-prune` option:

```
find . -iname node_modules -prune
```

Without `-prune` option, there are a lot of unnecessary sub 
directories...