On 2/11/07, Luke <lbayes / gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to put together a general purpose "project templating > engine" and I'd like to just package a directory full of project > templates that get copied and rendered in ERB on demand. These > templates often include empty directories that I can't seem to get > packaged into my gem - no matter what I do. Um. I'm not sure that's what you want to do. Why not consider approaching this from a slightly different perspective? Make a .tar.gz file that gets deployed with your other files and then use Archive::Tar::Minitar to unpack it on the fly (Ruwiki does this) and render with ERB as usual. Archive::Tar::Minitar can easily handle this on both ends and you don't need to try to trick RubyGems. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue / gmail.com * http://www.halostatue.ca/ * austin / halostatue.ca * http://www.halostatue.ca/feed/ * austin / zieglers.ca