Ruby FileUtils.mkdir_p is only creating parent directories

fileutils, ruby

Solution

Because you use `dir = File.dirname("#{Rails.root}/public/graph_templates/aaa/test")`,

then the `dir` is `"#{Rails.root}/public/graph_templates/aaa"`.

You could just pass the path to `FileUtils.mkdir_p`.

  def create_temporary_template
    dir = "#{Rails.root}/public/graph_templates/aaa/test"
    FileUtils.mkdir_p dir
  end

Problem

I have a controller in Rails, with an action that is meant to create a new directory. This action should create the directory "/public/graph_templates/aaa/test". However, it leaves off the final directory "test". Why is this only creating parent directories? ``` def create_temporary_template dir = File.dirname("#{Rails.root}/public/graph_templates/aaa/test") FileUtils.mkdir_p dir end ``` Docs: http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/fileutils/rdoc/FileUtils.html#method-c-mkdir_p

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