Create directory with parent directories as needed; Mimics mkdir -p

mkdir_p.py

'''Makes a directory; no exception if directory already exists, make parent directories as needed'''
def mkdir_p(path, mode = 0777):
    try:
        os.makedirs(path, mode)
    except OSError as exc:  # Python >2.5
        if exc.errno == errno.EEXIST and os.path.isdir(path):
            print("%s already exists.", path)
        else:
            raise