How to create new folder?
You can create a folder with os.makedirs()
and use os.path.exists() to see if it already exists:
newpath = r'C:\Program Files\arbitrary'
if not os.path.exists(newpath):
os.makedirs(newpath)
If you're trying to make an installer: Windows Installer does a lot of work for you.
You probably want os.makedirs as it will create intermediate directories as well, if needed.
import os
#dir is not keyword
def makemydir(whatever):
try:
os.makedirs(whatever)
except OSError:
pass
# let exception propagate if we just can't
# cd into the specified directory
os.chdir(whatever)
Have you tried os.mkdir?
You might also try this little code snippet:
mypath = ...
if not os.path.isdir(mypath):
os.makedirs(mypath)
makedirs creates multiple levels of directories, if needed.