# Directory Help

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/directory-help/65362>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 17, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/directory-help/65362 "2006-08-17T19:37:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![teqbreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@teqbreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teqbreak)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/directory-help/65362/1 "2006-08-17T19:37:49Z")

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I am a newbie to ruby on rails. I am using the pragmatic programmers  
agile development with rails book. I am at the beginning, i have  
installed MySQL and ruby on rails but the book asks me to “create a  
directory”. Being a person who has only ever done a basic ruby trial  
(at [tryruby.hobix.com](http://tryruby.hobix.com)) and learnt extremely basic HTML is there anyone  
out there who can help me and give me instructions as how to “create a  
directory”. Your help would be much appreciated. Sorry to bother all  
the advanced rails developers who have taken the time to read this but i  
am new to ruby and rails and i need some guidance.

Hope the community can help

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**Author:** ![teqbreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@teqbreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teqbreak)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/directory-help/65362/2 "2006-08-17T20:14:29Z")

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well, you haven’t even told us what kind of system you’re on. Try  
doing a search in the documentation for your system with the words  
‘create directory’. The command ‘mkdir’ will probably be what you’re  
looking for.

Mr Anon. wrote:

> I am a newbie to ruby on rails. I am using the pragmatic programmers  
> agile development with rails book. I am at the beginning, i have  
> installed MySQL and ruby on rails but the book asks me to “create a  
> directory”. Being a person who has only ever done a basic ruby trial  
> (at [tryruby.hobix.com](http://tryruby.hobix.com)) and learnt extremely basic HTML is there anyone  
> out there who can help me and give me instructions as how to “create a  
> directory”. Your help would be much appreciated. Sorry to bother all  
> the advanced rails developers who have taken the time to read this but i  
> am new to ruby and rails and i need some guidance.
> 
> Hope the community can help

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**Author:** ![teqbreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@teqbreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teqbreak)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/directory-help/65362/3 "2006-08-17T20:19:36Z")

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I have Ruby version 1.84 19

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**Author:** ![teqbreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@teqbreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teqbreak)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/directory-help/65362/4 "2006-08-18T20:36:12Z")

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Another Mr. Anon wrote:

> he he… well, I guess I didn’t give enough info, either. I was asking  
> which OS you’re running: Windows, Linux, MacOS, … The book is telling  
> you to use the operating system to create a directory. You don’t need  
> to use Ruby to do that. In Linux/unix, do ‘mkdir dirname’ in a  
> terminal. In Windows, create it using Explorer or do ‘mkdir dirname’ in  
> a console window.
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> Mr Anon. wrote:
> 
> > I have Ruby version 1.84 19

In case it helps, a directory is what Windows calls a Folder.

Justin

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**Author:** ![teqbreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@teqbreak](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teqbreak)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/directory-help/65362/5 "2006-08-17T21:49:48Z")

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he he… well, I guess I didn’t give enough info, either. I was asking  
which OS you’re running: Windows, Linux, MacOS, … The book is telling  
you to use the operating system to create a directory. You don’t need  
to use Ruby to do that. In Linux/unix, do ‘mkdir dirname’ in a  
terminal. In Windows, create it using Explorer or do ‘mkdir dirname’ in  
a console window.

Mr Anon. wrote:

> I have Ruby version 1.84 19