# FileUtils [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ruby/fileutils.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ruby/fileutils) Namespace for several file utility methods for copying, moving, removing, etc. ## Installation Add this line to your application's Gemfile: ```ruby gem 'fileutils' ``` And then execute: $ bundle Or install it yourself as: $ gem install fileutils ## Usage Just call `FileUtils` methods. For example: ```ruby FileUtils.mkdir("somedir") # => ["somedir"] FileUtils.cd("/usr/bin") FileUtils.pwd # => "/usr/bin" ``` You can find a full method list in the [documentation](https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/fileutils/rdoc/FileUtils.html). ## Contributing Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ruby/fileutils. ## License The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [2-Clause BSD License](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause).