[Python-Dev] mkdir -p in python

[Greg Ewing]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Perhaps all we need is a recipe in the docs:
> 
> try:
>     os.makedirs(path)
> except OSError, e:
>     if e.errno != 17:
>         raise

I don't like writing code that depends on particular
errno values, because I don't trust it to work cross-
platform.

Also it seems suboptimal to require people to use a
recipe like this to get the behaviour that is wanted
in the overwhelming majority of cases.

I don't see what would be so bad about adding a new
function for this. Think of it as correcting the mistake
of not making makedirs() behave this way from the
beginning.

-- 
Greg