function outputFile = saveDirectoryInfo(directoryPath)
% Save metadata for all files and subdirectories under directoryPath.

directoryPath = string(directoryPath);

if ~isfolder(directoryPath)
    error("Directory does not exist: %s", directoryPath);
end

% Recursively list all files and subdirectories
info = dir(fullfile(directoryPath, "**", "*"));

% Remove "." and ".." entries
info = info(~ismember({info.name}, {'.', '..'}));

% Create an output filename in MATLAB's current folder
[~, folderName] = fileparts(char(directoryPath));
if isempty(folderName)
    folderName = 'directory';
end

timestamp = datestr(now, 'yyyymmdd_HHMMSS');
outputFile = fullfile(pwd, ...
    sprintf('directory_info_%s_%s.mat', folderName, timestamp));

% Save the path and directory information
save(outputFile, 'directoryPath', 'info');

fprintf('Saved information to:\n%s\n', outputFile);
end