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Daniel Oropeza
4,432 PointsWhat does '/**' mean when dealing with a directory?
I know the '' selects all of the files but what does the '*' mean?
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsYou would only use one asterisk. It simply means "all files".
With a slash in front ("/*") it means "all files in the root directory of the file system".