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# Create A New File In A New Directory
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From within a vim session, if you create a buffer for a new file in a
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directory that doesn't exist. For instance, let's say that `/features`
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doesn't exist and the new file is `my_latest_feature_spec.rb`:
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```
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:e spec/features/my_latest_feature_spec.rb
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```
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Vim's command line will inform you that this is a buffer for a `[New
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DIRECTORY]`. If you then make some changes and subsequently try to save the
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file, Vim will present you with:
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```
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"spec/features/my_latest_feature_spec.rb" E212: Can't open file for writing
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```
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This is because the containing directory doesn't exist. You can quickly
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create that directory with a combination of Vim filename shorthands and
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shelling out to the `mkdir` command.
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```
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:!mkdir -p %:h
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```
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The `%` is shorthand for the qualified path of the current file. The `:h` is
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a filename modifier that returns the *head of the filename*, that is, it
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resolves to the path with everything except the name of the file.
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Thus, this command is essentially resolving to:
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```
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:!mkdir -p spec/features/
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```
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Vim will shell out with this command making directories for all non-existent
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directories in the given path. Now you can happily save your new file.
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