mkdir -p functionality in Python [duplicate]

Question

Is there a way to get functionality similar to mkdir -p on the shell from within Python. I am looking for a solution other than a system call. I am sure the code is less than 20 lines, and I am wondering if someone has already written it?

Answer 1

For Python ≥ 3.5, use pathlib.Path.mkdir:

import pathlib pathlib.Path("/tmp/path/to/desired/directory").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) 

The exist_ok parameter was added in Python 3.5.

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For Python ≥ 3.2, os.makedirs has an optional third argument exist_ok that, when True, enables the mkdir -p functionality—unless mode is provided and the existing directory has different permissions than the intended ones; in that case, OSError is raised as previously:

import os os.makedirs("/tmp/path/to/desired/directory", exist_ok=True) 

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For even older versions of Python, you can use os.makedirs and ignore the error:

import errno     import os  def mkdir_p(path):     try:         os.makedirs(path)     except OSError as exc:  # Python ≥ 2.5         if exc.errno == errno.EEXIST and os.path.isdir(path):             pass         # possibly handle other errno cases here, otherwise finally:         else:             raise 

Answer 2

In Python >=3.2, that's

os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True) 

In earlier versions, use @tzot's answer.