mkdir-p

Python 2 and 3 compatible POSIX mkdir -p.

Introduction

POSIX mkdir -p command can create a directory and also all of its parent directories, like Python's os.makedirs, but mkdir -p doesn't raise any error when the directory exists. Therefore, the mkdir_p function in this package just use Python's os.makedirs and catch the error when the directory exists:

from mkdir_p import mkdir_p
mkdir_p("path/to/the/dir/")

I totally don't know why I can't find some package doing this, but I found many implementations while searching it. I don't know the original author who implement the version I refer to, so thanks to all of the answers on the internet.

Installation

pip install mkdir-p