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pythonpython-3.x
Wojciech Szabowicz
Wojciech Szabowicz

Reputation: 4198

How to create file in different directory

I am trying to create a file, but in different directory. For example, when my app is in /home/app1 I would like to create a file in /home/logs

I was trying something like this:

    json_file = "%s.json" % json_name
    json_file_path = pathlib.Path("%s/%s" % (path, json_file))

    if not json_file_path.is_file():

        file = open(json_file_path, 'w+')
        file.close()
    else:
        print("NotMkay")

Where path is /home/logs, json_file is filename "example.json" and json_file_path is path + json_file

But all I'm getting is:

TypeError: invalid file: PosixPath

Upvotes: 0

Views: 211

Answers (2)

Penguinolog
Penguinolog

Reputation: 244

Use os.path.join for joining path and os.path exists for checking. String formatting is not safe way. Working example

import os.path
json_file = "%s.json" % 'tst.json'
json_file_path = os.path.join('~', json_file)
print(os.path.exists(json_file_path))

This will print 'False'. For creating dirtree you can use:

os.makedirs(json_file_path)

Upvotes: 0

Kevin
Kevin

Reputation: 76194

    file = open(json_file_path, 'w+')

I don't think you can pass a Path object as an argument to open. Instead, try

    file = json_file_path.open('w+')

Upvotes: 2

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