From 67b0f0c042fe833a666fa2f6d9b882a1c66998db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jos=C3=A9=20Valim?= <jose.valim@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:45:43 +0100
Subject: Allow ** in filelib:wildcard

Two adjacent * used as a single pattern will match
all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories.
---
 lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src')

diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
index f3079c7337..cec20aee8e 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@
             <p>Matches any number of characters up to the end of
               the filename, the next dot, or the next slash.</p>
           </item>
+          <tag>**</tag>
+          <item>
+            <p>Two adjacent <c>*</c>'s used as a single pattern will
+        match all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories.</p>
+          </item>
           <tag>[Character1,Character2,...]</tag>
           <item>
             <p>Matches any of the characters listed. Two characters
@@ -192,6 +197,10 @@
           <c>src</c> or <c>include</c> directories, use:</p>
         <code type="none">
     filelib:wildcard("lib/*/{src,include}/*.{erl,hrl}")        </code>
+        <p>To find all <c>.erl</c> or <c>.hrl</c> files in any
+          subdirectory, use:</p>
+        <code type="none">
+    filelib:wildcard("lib/**/*.{erl,hrl}")        </code>
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
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