# Reverse Iterate a Folder

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/reverse-iterate-a-folder/1174
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [April 16, 2009, 10:12am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/reverse-iterate-a-folder/1174 "2009-04-16T10:12:10Z")
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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2009, 10:12am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/reverse-iterate-a-folder/1174/1 "2009-04-16T10:12:10Z")

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Hello (Once again),

I am looking at a way to recurse in a folder but in reverse (going up instead of deeper)  
Lets says i'm in c:\Test\MyDir\Bla\  
And I want to recurse until I find Something.txt located in c:\Test

Is there a way to do that easily ?

Best regards,

Luc

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### Author: ![paulsamways](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@paulsamways](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/paulsamways)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/reverse-iterate-a-folder/1174/2 "2009-04-17T01:10:38Z")

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Hi Luc,

Here's another example project which will search a directory tree for a file, starting at the deepest level and work its way back.

Regards,  
Paul.

[InverseDirectorySearch.fbz6](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/uploads/default/original/2X/d/dd17b339dcd314c97a059e89fbbedd30c44edfe4.fbz6) (2.57 KB)

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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/reverse-iterate-a-folder/1174/3 "2009-04-17T04:28:56Z")

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Thank you once again Paul.   
 Yet another useful example project file.   
  
 Regards,   
 Luc