From: martinankerl at eml dot cc <asdf@...>
Date: 2004-06-15T01:58:40+09:00
Subject: Re: mkdir -p

> |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.

This is a technical explanation, but not a reason...
I don't see a reason why this technical detail should not be hidden from 
a Ruby user.

Martin