################################################################################ # # Program: Create A Directory # # Description: Examples of making a directory using the built-in os module's # mkdir() function in Python. # # YouTube Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ0GKf7HFo0 # # Author: Kevin Browne @ https://portfoliocourses.com # ################################################################################ # The mkdir() function is included in the os module. import os # Will create a new directory called new1 in the current working directory os.mkdir("new1") # We could supply an absolute/full path instead, e.g. create a directory called # new2 in the directory /Users/kevinbrowne/video os.mkdir("/Users/kevinbrowne/video/new2") # If the directory already exists the function will raise a FileExistsError # exception, which we could catch using try-except to handle this case. try: os.mkdir("/Users/kevinbrowne/video/new2") except: print("make dir failed")