From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2004-06-14T23:28:05+09:00 Subject: Re: mkdir -p Hi, In message "Re: mkdir -p" on 04/06/14, Martin DeMello writes: |> FileUtils.mkdir_p(path) | |Thanks. Why doesn't FileUtils mix this into Dir? Dir methods are one to one relationship to the system calls. FileUtils are more abstract/higher level/uniformed way to operate on files/directories. matz.