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Boro
Boro

Reputation: 39

What is the most efficient way to create a folder with permissions in python (vs. running bash/shell commands)?

I'm converting some bash/shell scripts to Python. I'd like to only create a directory/folder on a CentOS system if it doesn't exist already and then set 777 permissions on it.

I can easily do this with one command in bash:

mkdir -m 777 "/PATH/TO/DIRECTORY/GOES/HERE";

Right now i'm running this command as a subprocess in python, but I was wondering if there was a cleaner, faster, and/or more efficient way of doing it?

Any help or even hits will be appreciated! :)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 130

Answers (1)

Steinar Lima
Steinar Lima

Reputation: 7821

You can set the permissions directly when using os.mkdir:

mkdir(...)
    mkdir(path [, mode=0777])

    Create a directory.

Upvotes: 3

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