#!/usr/bin/env python
def makepath(path):
""" creates missing directories for the given path and
returns a normalized absolute version of the path.
- if the given path already exists in the filesystem
the filesystem is not modified.
- otherwise makepath creates directories along the given path
using the dirname() of the path. You may append
a '/' to the path if you want it to be a directory path.
from holger@trillke.net 2002/03/18
"""
from os import makedirs
from os.path import normpath,dirname,exists,abspath
dpath = normpath(dirname(path))
if not exists(dpath): makedirs(dpath)
return normpath(abspath(path))
#
#
####### some usages
#
#
if __name__=='__main__':
# simple use
abspath = makepath('tmp/log.txt')
# nice use for making some directories
dirs = map (makepath, ('var/log/', 'var/db/', 'tmp/logfile'))
# nice for just using it like this
file = open(makepath('/tmp/dir/hallo'), 'w')
file.write("hello world\n")
file.close()
