Ruby Directories

Class Dir has directory streams as objects which represents directories in underlying file system.

Directories are handled with Dir class.

Creating a Directory

To create a directory mkdir command is used. You can give permission to a directory if you want.

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Example:

We have created a directory "project" in out system.

Checking a Directory exists or not

To check whether a directory exists or not exists? Method is used.

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Output:

the correct directory name display true and wrong directory name display false.

Current Working Directory

To know the current working directory pwd method is used.

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Removing Directory

To remove a directory, rmdir, unlink or delete methods are used. They perform same function for a Ruby directory.

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Output:

The exists method returns false as this directory is no longer present.