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Create a folder with Python
import os
def createFolder(directory):
try:
if not os.path.exists(directory):
os.makedirs(directory)
except OSError:
print ('Error: Creating directory. ' + directory)
# Example
createFolder('./data/')
# Creates a folder in the current directory called data
@Moonshine42tech
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Thank you

@DATTUSAM
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Thank you very much..... keithweaver

if anybody facing issue while creating the folder, followed with an error message like this
def createFolder(D:\Sampath\web_scrapper\temp):
^
SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character

please just duplicate with a backslash for the directory you want to create. Here I want to create a Temp folder in web_scrapper folder
createFolder('D:\Sampath\PAMM_web_scrapper/temp/')

@eric-hedengren
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eric-hedengren commented Jul 9, 2020

Isn't this all already done by

import os
os.mkdirs(directory, exist_ok = True)

?

exist ok = True checks for existence and makes dir created if not existing

OSErrors from the os package will do the error messaging ...

You're right @gwangjinkim. Just switch mkdirs to makedirs and it's good to go.

import os
os.makedirs(directory, exist_ok = True)

@gwangjinkim
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@EricHedengren thanks! True! I always have to look this up anew.

@khu17jain
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if i would like to create two folders in single directory how to do that

@eric-hedengren
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@khu17jain Write two makedirs statements to the same location. For loop it if you have a lot.

@tzuhungbrian
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best code I have ever found, thx!

@JeremyMeissner
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Thank you!

@Hemantphareesh
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how to create a folder with name in format yyyy-mm-dd from any year to today

@DanialBahrizadeh
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thank you man ``

@SaberKazemii
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Great! Thanks so much!

@lucasgcruz
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Thank you, very useful and helped me understand the command.

@sourcecodemage
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NIce! Thanks for posting.

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