[Python-Dev] mkdir -p in python

[Ray Allen]

See http://bugs.python.org/issue9299

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Ray Allen <ysj.ray at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Agree. Through searching for existing issues, I found there isn't any such
> request. And I will submit one.
>
> The '-p' option of shell's mkdir has tow functions:
>     1, create parents directories if not exists,
>     2, suppress "File exists" error if the target has already exists.
> What we need is the second function. So I think both os.mkdir() and
> os.makedirs() should add a keyword argument to suppress the "OSError: [Errno
> 17] File exists". So we can remove many "try...except..." codes surround
> os.mkdir() and os.makedirs() as Greg said, "The operation of 'make sure
> this directory and all its parents exist' is very commonly required"
>
> --
> Ray Allen
> Best wishes!
>



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Ray Allen
Best wishes!
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