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 - [Buffer Time Travel](vim/buffer-time-travel.md)
 - [Close the Current Buffer](vim/close-the-current-buffer.md)
 - [Count the Number of Matches](vim/count-the-number-of-matches.md)
+- [Create A New File In A New Directory](vim/create-a-new-file-in-a-new-directory.md)
 - [Generate and Edit Rails Migration](vim/generate-and-edit-rails-migration.md)
 - [Head of File Name](vim/head-of-file-name.md)
 - [Help For Non-Normal Mode Features](vim/help-for-non-normal-mode-features.md)
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+# Create A New File In A New Directory
+
+From within a vim session, if you create a buffer for a new file in a
+directory that doesn't exist. For instance, let's say that `/features`
+doesn't exist and the new file is `my_latest_feature_spec.rb`:
+
+```
+:e spec/features/my_latest_feature_spec.rb
+```
+
+Vim's command line will inform you that this is a buffer for a `[New
+DIRECTORY]`. If you then make some changes and subsequently try to save the
+file, Vim will present you with:
+
+```
+"spec/features/my_latest_feature_spec.rb" E212: Can't open file for writing
+```
+
+This is because the containing directory doesn't exist. You can quickly
+create that directory with a combination of Vim filename shorthands and
+shelling out to the `mkdir` command.
+
+```
+:!mkdir -p %:h
+```
+
+The `%` is shorthand for the qualified path of the current file. The `:h` is
+a filename modifier that returns the *head of the filename*, that is, it
+resolves to the path with everything except the name of the file.
+
+Thus, this command is essentially resolving to:
+
+```
+:!mkdir -p spec/features/
+```
+
+Vim will shell out with this command making directories for all non-existent
+directories in the given path. Now you can happily save your new file.