isNewPath = true;
for (0; isNewPath; 0) {
    isNewPath = false;
    paths = splitstring(paths_string,endl);
    for(i=1:length(paths)) {
        if (paths{i} != ""
        and paths{i} != "."
        and paths{i} != ".."
        #        and findstring(paths{i},"result")== -1
        ) {
            #? "root path to check: "+        paths{i};
            cd(paths{i});
            files = splitstring(dir,endl);
            for(i=1:length(files)) {
                path_to_check = files{i};
                hpc_try_path;
            }
        }
    }
}