Search for file in directory with multiple directories
<p>Here's my goal. I want to be able to pass a parent directory and a filename to a method that searches for that specific file in the directory and any sub-directories. Below is the code I have been working with but can not get it to do exactly what I want. It will find the file I specify but will not return anything.</p>

<pre><code>private static File findFile(File dir, String name) {
 String file  = "";
 File[] dirlist  = dir.listFiles();

 search:
  for(int i = 0; i &lt; dirlist.length; i++) {
   if(dirlist[i].isDirectory()) {
    findFile(dirlist[i], name);
   } else if(dirlist[i].getName().matches(name)) {
    file = dirlist[i].toString();
    break search;
   }
  }

 return new File(file);
}
</code></pre>

<p>I know that when the method finds a directory and calls itself it resets the file variable which is where I am storing the found file. So that is why I am getting a blank return. I am not sure how to accomplish this goal or if it's even possible.</p>
