Checking whether a Directory Tree Contains File

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13923039

Question

Is there a function in Emacs to check whether a given existing file lies somewhere "under" a (root) directory, that is anywhere inside the tree structure of the root directory.

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Solution

Check find-name-dired or find-dired.

They use the using the find utility.

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