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Shoaib Naseer
Shoaib Naseer

Reputation: 11

Want to create a csv inside a folder if it does not exist using string parameter in python

    dirLocation = "Patients Data/PatientsTimelineLog.csv"

try:
    if os.path.isfile(dirLocation):
        print("Directory exist." + dirLocation)
    else:
        print("Directory does not exists. Creating new one." + dirLocation)
        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dirLocation))
except IOError:
    print("Unable to read config file and load properties.")

Automatically creating directories with file output

Want to create a PatientsTimelineLog.csv inside Patients Data folder in one go if it does not exist. The above link is creating the folder but the csv file is not made. makedir is used to make directory but i want inside the file in it like the path given above in dirLocation.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1013

Answers (2)

Shoaib Naseer
Shoaib Naseer

Reputation: 11

try:
    folder_path = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(dirLocation))
    sub_path = folder_path[0]
    if os.path.isdir(sub_path):
        print("Directory exist: " + dirLocation)
    else:
        print("Directory does not exists. Creating new one: " + dirLocation)
        file_name = PurePath(dirLocation)
        obj = file_name.name
        filepath = os.path.join(sub_path, obj)
        os.makedirs(sub_path)
        f = open(filepath, "a")
except IOError:
    print("Unable to read config file and load properties.")

This is the answer to my question. pathlib did lot of help in this question

Upvotes: 0

Javier A
Javier A

Reputation: 569

Inside the else, you can directly use os.makedirs(dirLocation).

When you use os.path.dirname(dirLocation) you are selecting everything except the name of the csv file. That is why you are creating only the folder.

Upvotes: 2

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