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    const Fs = require('fs');
    const Path = require('path');

    /**
    * Generates a set of file paths by recursively traversing the given directory
    * @param {String} dir The directory to traverse
    * @param {Boolean} [join] Truthy to use `path.join` vs the _default_ concatination
    * @yields {String} The next file path in the traversal
    */
    async function* files(dir, join) {
    for await (const sdir of await Fs.promises.opendir(dir)) {
    const loc = join ? Path.join(dir, sdir.name) : `${dir}/${sdir.name}`;
    if (sdir.isDirectory()) yield* files(loc);
    else if (sdir.isFile()) yield loc;
    }
    }

    // example run
    const root = '/test';
    for await (const path of files(root)) {
    console.log(path);
    }