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finding folders in runtime

hi everyone
i have two folders.
one is ramesh(folder)
and other is ramesh1(sub folder of ramesh)
i have to find the second(ramesh1)folder name in runtime.

please tell me the way to find this.

thank you

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Inside a C program, call ftw - see man ftw

If it's in a shell script use find

Code:

find /path -type d  -name ramesh1

If you tell us little more we can give you better information.

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