recursive directory traversal

klfreese · 08-20-2003, 07:35 PM

what is recursive directory traversal ? Would you use this with a backup ? How?

Mathieu · 08-20-2003, 08:08 PM

Yes.

For example:
Listing a directory recursively will display the contents of the directory and the contents of all the sub-directories within the directory.

If you want a visual example, at the command line, type: ls -R

darthtux · 08-20-2003, 08:27 PM

the tree command is also good

For backups the tar command (as an example) can back up any directory and when it does it will back up all subdirectories.