# Uploading entire directories

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-entire-directories/104119>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 14, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-entire-directories/104119 "2007-05-14T15:09:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rigger\_Bone\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@Rigger\_Bone\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rigger_Bone_S)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-entire-directories/104119/1 "2007-05-14T15:09:11Z")

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Did google a while, but didn’t find a simple, clean solution for  
uploading  
whole, entire directoriy/ies with Rails. Is there any ?

Rigger

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: : i’m a climber : :

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**Author:** ![Rigger\_Bone\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@Rigger\_Bone\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rigger_Bone_S)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-entire-directories/104119/2 "2007-05-14T15:22:15Z")

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On May 14, 3:08 pm, “Rigger Bone S.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Did google a while, but didn’t find a simple, clean solution for uploading  
> whole, entire directoriy/ies with Rails. Is there any ?
> 
> Rigger

I don’t think the web platform allows you to upload anything but  
individual files.

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**Author:** ![Rigger\_Bone\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@Rigger\_Bone\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rigger_Bone_S)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uploading-entire-directories/104119/3 "2007-05-15T12:18:59Z")

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I do this by zip’ing up the folders and then unzip in the model on  
save…