Working With Directories in Python

Overview

This page outlines some techniques for working with directories in Python.

Creating Directories

How to create new directory in Python

import os, errno

path = '/path/to/new/directory'
os.makedirs(path)

How to create an entire directory structure

import os, errno

#
# Mimic behavior BASH mkdir -p in older versions of Python
# http://stackoverflow.com/a/600612
#
def mkdir_p(path):
    try:
        os.makedirs(path)
    except OSError, exc: # Python <= 2.5
        if exc.errno == errno.EEXIST and os.path.isdir(path):
            pass
        else: raise