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Reputation: 379

os.mkdir under if not working python

I have the below code, the os.mkdir is not working on mine. Compiling does not return any error, but running the code does not create folder.

def folder():
    timenow = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S')
    folderpath = os.path.join(currentpath,"folder",str(timenow))
    if os.path.exists(folderpath) == False:
        os.mkdir(folderpath)
    return

Upvotes: 4

Views: 22176

Answers (2)

AWainb
AWainb

Reputation: 868

Here's my stab at it, with some minor error handling...

def folder():
    timenow = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S')
    folderpath = os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"folder",str(timenow))
    if not os.path.exists(folderpath):
        os.makedirs(folderpath)
        if os.path.exists(folderpath):
            return (True, folderpath)
    return (False, folderpath)

f = folder()

if f[0]:
    print '"%s" was successfully created!' % (f[1])
else:
    print '"%s" could not be created, does the folder already exist? Do you have appropriate permissions to create it?' % (f[1])

Upvotes: 0

101
101

Reputation: 8999

Try this:

def folder():
    timenow = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S')
    folderpath = os.path.join(currentpath, "folder", str(timenow))
    if not os.path.exists(folderpath):
        os.makedirs(folderpath)
        print 'Created:', folderpath

folder()

makedirs will create the required subdirectories, whereas mkdir can only create one directory. That said, you should've seen an exception.

Upvotes: 10

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