method

mkdir_p

v1_8_7_330 - Show latest stable - Class: FileUtils

mkdir_p(list, options = {})

public

Options: mode noop verbose

Creates a directory and all its parent directories. For example,

FileUtils.mkdir_p '/usr/local/lib/ruby'

causes to make following directories, if it does not exist.

* /usr
* /usr/local
* /usr/local/lib
* /usr/local/lib/ruby

You can pass several directories at a time in a list.

# File lib/fileutils.rb, line 195
  def mkdir_p(list, options = {})
    fu_check_options options, OPT_TABLE['mkdir_p']
    list = fu_list(list)
    fu_output_message "mkdir -p #{options[:mode] ? ('-m %03o ' % options[:mode]) : ''}#{list.join ' '}" if options[:verbose]
    return *list if options[:noop]

    list.map {|path| path.sub(%r</\z>, '') }.each do |path|
      # optimize for the most common case
      begin
        fu_mkdir path, options[:mode]
        next
      rescue SystemCallError
        next if File.directory?(path)
      end

      stack = []
      until path == stack.last   # dirname("/")=="/", dirname("C:/")=="C:/"
        stack.push path
        path = File.dirname(path)
      end
      stack.reverse_each do |path|
        begin
          fu_mkdir path, options[:mode]
        rescue SystemCallError => err
          raise unless File.directory?(path)
        end
      end
    end

    return *list
  end

1Note

Errno::EEXIST

carlos_roque · Jan 22, 2016

When Errno::EEXIST is raised, it indicates there are permission issues, rather than an existing item.

mkdir_p

1Note

Errno::EEXIST

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