Cleanest and safest way to create a file in a directory

create_file_in_directory.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	var output = []byte(`Hello`)
	var out *os.File
	var err error
	
        _, err := os.Stat(path)
        if os.IsNotExist(err) { 
                // create directory
        }
        
	if out, err = os.Create("output/test"); err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error creating %s : %v \n", "output/test", err)
	}
	defer out.Close()
	
	if _, err := out.Write(output); err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error writing output : %v \n", err)
	}
}