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Solution to Sub-task: Get Nested Path Name

Explore how to implement an asynchronous recursive function in JavaScript that traverses all nested directories to return a comprehensive array of file and folder paths. Understand how to combine async-await with Promise.all and array methods to handle deep directory structures efficiently.

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Get nested path names

Traverse further into directories recursively, to have an exhaustive array of paths to all files and directories, within the given directory path.

Node.js
var getNestedPathNames = async (dir) =>{
	var dirNames = await getPathNames(dir);
	if (dirNames.length === 0) return [];
	var nestedPathPromises = dirNames
		.map(x => getNestedPathNames(x));
	var nestedPath = await Promise.all(nestedPathPromises);
	var newPath =  nestedPath.reduce((prev, curr)=> [...prev,...curr], []);
	return [...dirNames, ...newPath];
}
var test = async () => {
	await populate_directory(); // initialise custom directories in background
	var names = await getNestedPathNames('dir'); // get nested paths
	console.log(names); // print output of promise
}
test();

Use an asynchronous function by adding the async token to the function (line 1). Make use of ...