Sometimes, we want to safely create a nested directory with Python
In this article, we’ll look at how to safely create a nested directory with Python.
How to safely create a nested directory with Python?
To safely create a nested directory with Python, we can use the patlib‘
s mkdir method.
For instance, we write
from pathlib import Path
Path("/foo/bar").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
to create a directory in the /foo/bar/ folder by calling mkdir with the parents set to True to create the directory when the parent folder exists.
exist_ok is set to True makes mkdir ignore existing files if they have the same name as the path.
Conclusion
To safely create a nested directory with Python, we can use the patlib‘
s mkdir method.