4 files changed, 37 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/tasks/clear.rake b/railties/lib/tasks/clear.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 25769f3088..0000000000
--- a/railties/lib/tasks/clear.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-namespace :clear do
-  desc "Truncates all *.log files in log/ to zero bytes"
-  task :logs do
-    FileList["log/*.log"].each do |log_file|
-      f = File.open(log_file, "w")
-      f.close
-    end
-  end
-
-  desc "Clear session, cache, and socket files from tmp/"
-  task :tmp => [ "clear:tmp:sesions",  "clear:tmp:cache", "clear:tmp:sockets"]
-
-  namespace :tmp do
-    desc "Clears all files in tmp/sessions"
-    task :sessions do
-      FileUtils.rm(Dir['tmp/sessions/[^.]*'])
-    end
-
-    desc "Clears all files and directories in tmp/cache"
-    task :cache do
-      FileUtils.rm_rf(Dir['tmp/cache/[^.]*'])
-    end
-
-    desc "Clears all ruby_sess.* files in tmp/sessions"
-    task :sockets do
-      FileUtils.rm(Dir['tmp/sockets/[^.]*'])
-    end
-  end
-end
-\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/railties/lib/tasks/logs.rake b/railties/lib/tasks/logs.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32cbaeb358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/railties/lib/tasks/logs.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace :logs do
+  desc "Truncates all *.log files in log/ to zero bytes"
+  task :clear do
+    FileList["log/*.log"].each do |log_file|
+      f = File.open(log_file, "w")
+      f.close
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/railties/lib/tasks/pre_namespace_aliases.rake b/railties/lib/tasks/pre_namespace_aliases.rake
index 24005e7772..b44464b693 100644
--- a/railties/lib/tasks/pre_namespace_aliases.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/tasks/pre_namespace_aliases.rake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # clear
-task :clear_logs => "clear:logs"
+task :clear_logs => "logs:clear"
 
 # test
 task :recent          => "test:recent"
diff --git a/railties/lib/tasks/tmp.rake b/railties/lib/tasks/tmp.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dcb22f789b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/railties/lib/tasks/tmp.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+namespace :tmp do
+  desc "Clear session, cache, and socket files from tmp/"
+  task :clear => [ "tmp:sesions:clear",  "tmp:cache:clear", "tmp:sockets:clear"]
+
+  desc "Creates tmp directories for sessions, cache, and sockets"
+  task :create do
+    FileUtils.mkdir "tmp"
+    FileUtils.mkdir "tmp/sessions"
+    FileUtils.mkdir "tmp/cache"
+    FileUtils.mkdir "tmp/sockets"
+  end
+
+  desc "Clears all files in tmp/sessions"
+  task :clear_sessions do
+    FileUtils.rm(Dir['tmp/sessions/[^.]*'])
+  end
+
+  desc "Clears all files and directories in tmp/cache"
+  task :clear_cache do
+    FileUtils.rm_rf(Dir['tmp/cache/[^.]*'])
+  end
+
+  desc "Clears all ruby_sess.* files in tmp/sessions"
+  task :clear_sockets do
+    FileUtils.rm(Dir['tmp/sockets/[^.]*'])
+  end
+end
+\ No newline at end of file