You can use FileUtils to recursively create parent directories, if they are not already present:
require 'fileutils'
dirname = File.dirname(some_path)
unless File.directory?(dirname)
FileUtils.mkdir_p(dirname)
end
Edit: Here is a solution using the core libraries only (reimplementing the wheel, not recommended)
dirname = File.dirname(some_path)
tokens = dirname.split(/[\/\\]/) # don't forget the backslash for Windows! And to escape both "\" and "https://stackoverflow.com/"
1.upto(tokens.size) do |n|
dir = tokens[0...n]
Dir.mkdir(dir) unless Dir.exist?(dir)
end