Skill - Creating a folder in python
Skills Required
- Setup python development environment
- Basic Printing in Python
- Commenting in Python
- Managing Variables in python
- strings in python
- raw strings in python
- Handling errors in python
Please make sure to have all the skills mentioned above to understand and execute the code mentioned below. Go through the above skills if necessary for reference or revision
In this post, we will learn to create a folder using mkdir and makedirs function
Create a folder using ‘mkdir’ function
# import the os module in order to use mkdir function
import os
# specify the file we desire to check
fPath = r'C:\Users\Nagasudhir\Documents\Python Projects'
try:
# use mkdir function to create the folder
os.mkdir(fPath)
except Exception as e:
print(e)
We used try except to catch exception which can occur if the folder we are trying to create already exists
Create a folder with intermediate folders using ‘makedirs’ function
If we want to create intermediate folders also while creating a folder, use makedirs function
import os
# specify the file we desire to check
fPath = r'C:\Users\Nagasudhir\Documents\Python Projects'
# use makedirs function to create the folder along
# with intermediate folders if required
os.makedirs(fPath, exist_ok=True)
by using exist_ok=True, exception will not be thrown if folder already exists
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Online Interpreter
Although we recommend to practice the above examples in Visual Studio Code, you can run these examples online at https://www.tutorialspoint.com/execute_python_online.php
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