From: "Ruben MedellĂ­n" Date: 2009-08-15T01:05:07+09:00 Subject: Re: newbie question making a folder with ruby Just for the sake of thos who didn't know this little trick: There is a method in FileUtils caklled mkdir_p, which removes the hassle of checking if the directories and superdirectories exist, and automatically creates them if not. http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/FileUtils.html#M004315 Hope it is helpful Cheers