Creating directories in Python

You can create your own directory using the os.makedirs() function:

 >>> if not os.path.exists('my_dir'):
 >>>    os.makedirs('my_dir')

This code checks whether the my_dir directory exists; if it does not exist, it will call  os.makedirs ('my_dir') to create the directory.

If you create the directory after verifying that the directory does not exist, before your call to os.makedirs ('my_dir') is executed, you may generate an error or an exception.

If you want to be extra careful and catch any potential exceptions, you can wrap your call to os.makedirs('my_dir') in a try...except block:

if not os.path.exists('my_dir'):
    try:
        os.makedirs('my_dir')
    except OSError as e:
       print e