[Tutor] OS lib creating an directory using an absolute path.

[nathan tech]

Heya,


myself I tend to break it down and use os.mkdir on each.

A quick google however revealed this question from stackoverflow which I 
didn't know, and may be of particular use.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/600268/mkdir-p-functionality-in-python


HTH!

Nathan

On 06/02/2021 10:33, mhysnm1964 at gmail.com wrote:
> All,
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> I am using the os library. If I have a directory structure with any missing
> directory (folders), then the os.mkdir function fails as it cannot find the
> filenamefilename. For example:
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> Current directory structure is:
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> C:\books  with nothing inside.
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> The path I am wanting to create is:
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> E:\books\a\anne rice
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> Yes, I could break the path and check each level of the directory. But I was
> wondering if there was any other method to do this. As if you do this at
> Windows 10 command line:
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> Mkdir E:\books\"a\anne rice"
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> The 'a' directory plus 'anne rice' is also created.
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> I hope this makes sense. Python 3.8 under windows 10.
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> Sean
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