A more friendly mkdir() than Python's standard os.mkdir(). Limitations: it doesn't take the optional 'mode' argument yet.
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"""works the way a good mkdir should :)
- already exists, silently complete
- regular file in the way, raise an exception
- parent directory(ies) does not exist, make them as well
"""
if os.path.isdir(newdir):
pass
elif os.path.isfile(newdir):
raise OSError("a file with the same name as the desired " \
"dir, '%s', already exists." % newdir)
else:
head, tail = os.path.split(newdir)
if head and not os.path.isdir(head):
_mkdir(head)
#print "_mkdir %s" % repr(newdir)
if tail:
os.mkdir(newdir)
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os.makedirs(), the standard way. Note the standard os.makedirs() supports the make all intermediates behavior and also support the optional mode argument.
... but does throw an exception if the dir already exists.