From: Jason Roelofs <jameskilton@...>
Date: 2007-06-14T01:07:41+09:00
Subject: Re: File.new and non-existent directories

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You are correct, File.new creates files, not directories.

Check out Dir and FileUtils: http://ruby-doc.org/core/

FileUtils.mkdir "..." unless File.directory?('...')

Jason

On 6/13/07, JT Kimbell <jtkimbell@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I may be wrong, but after some testing it appears to me that when I
> attempt to create a new file using File.new in a directory that does not
> exist, instead of creating the directory, an exception is thrown
> instead.
>
> To give some background, I am archiving an email listserv so it can be
> searched.  I've given the listserv administrator the ability to upload a
> word document which is parsed and converted into a text file, and stored
> both in a database and in a folder hierarchy on the filesystem.  The
> folder hierarchy starts with folders of each year (2001, 2002, etc), and
> each year contains one folder per month (05.2004, 10.2004, etc).  So
> when a listserv posting from May, 2007 is added, it would go to
> "somedir/2007/05.2007/posting_name.txt".  I've had no problems when the
> folder already exists, but I would like it to be able to create the new
> directories needed when a posting from a new month or year is added, so
> we don't have to continually add new folders to keep things running
> smoothly.
>
> Can anyone direct me to a function, flag, or strategy to achieve what I
> am looking for?
>
> Thanks,
>
> JT
>
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