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I want to store a file as /a/b/c/d.txt, but I do not know if any of these directories exist and need to recursively create them if necessary. How can one do this in ruby?
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Using Ruby's Mkdir Method To Create A New Directory If you want to create a new folder with Ruby you can use the Dir. mkdir method. If given a relative path, this directory is created under the current path ( Dir. pwd ).
chdir : To change the current working directory, chdir method is used. In this method, you can simply pass the path to the directory where you want to move. The string parameter used in the chdir method is the absolute or relative path.
Use mkdir_p:
FileUtils.mkdir_p '/a/b/c' The _p is a unix holdover for parent/path you can also use the alias mkpath if that makes more sense for you.
FileUtils.mkpath '/a/b/c' In Ruby 1.9 FileUtils was removed from the core, so you'll have to require 'fileutils'.
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Use mkdir_p to create directory recursively
path = "/tmp/a/b/c" FileUtils.mkdir_p(path) unless File.exists?(path) If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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