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<h1 class="page-title" id="modules.DirectoryExpander">DirectoryExpander</h1>

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Expands directories created by <a href='actions.html#declare_directory'><code>ctx.actions.declare_directory</code></a> during the execution phase. This is useful to expand directories in <a href='Args.html#add_all.map_each'><code>map_each</code></a>.

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        <p><pre class="rule-signature"><a class="anchor" href="list.html">list</a> DirectoryExpander.expand(file)</pre></p>

    If the given <code>File</code> is a directory, this returns a list of <code>File</code>s recursively underneath the directory. Otherwise, this returns a list containing just the given <code>File</code> itself.

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                          The directory or file to expand.
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