method

makedirs

v1_8_7_330 - Show latest stable - Class: File

makedirs(*dirs)

public

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

File.makedirs '/usr/lib/ruby'

causes the following directories to be made, if they do not exist.

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

You can pass several directories, each as a parameter. If the last parameter isn’t a String, verbose mode will be enabled.

# File lib/ftools.rb, line 205
  def makedirs(*dirs)
    verbose = if dirs[-1].is_a? String then false else dirs.pop end
    mode = 0755
    for dir in dirs
      parent = dirname(dir)
      next if parent == dir or directory? dir
      makedirs parent unless directory? parent
      $stderr.print "mkdir ", dir, "\n" if verbose
      if basename(dir) != ""
        begin
          Dir.mkdir dir, mode
        rescue SystemCallError
          raise unless directory? dir
        end
      end
    end
  end

makedirs

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