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File::Path in perl

Simulating mkdir -p

On some Unix systems, it's possible to create a multiple directories with a mkdir -p /aha/baby/caesar/domino call. This would create /aha/baby/caesar/domino even if aha, or aha/baby or aha/baby/caesar didn't exist. Perl's equivalent is: 
use File::Path;
mkpath("aha/baby/caesar/domino");

Simulating rmdir

By the same token, it's also possible to simulate an rmdir with File::Path. 
use File::Path qw(rmtree);
rmtree '/path/to/directory';