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os.makedirs() method in Python is used to create a directory recursively. That means while making leaf directory if any intermediate-level directory is missing, os.makedirs() method will create them all. For example consider the following path:

/home/User/Documents/w3wiki/Authors/nikhil

Suppose we want to create a directory ‘nikhil’ but Directory ‘w3wiki’ and ‘Authors’ are unavailable in the path. Then os.makedirs() method will create all unavailable/missing directories in the specified path. ‘w3wiki’ and ‘Authors’ will be created first then ‘nikhil’ directory will be created. 

Example:

Python3




# Python program to explain os.makedirs() method
     
# importing os module
import os
   
# Leaf directory
directory = "nikhil"
   
# Parent Directories
parent_dir = "/home/User/Documents/w3wiki/Authors"
   
# Path
path = os.path.join(parent_dir, directory)
   
# Create the directory
# 'ihritik'
os.makedirs(path)
print("Directory '%s' created" %directory)
 






                        









													
													
												

												
												

													
													
Output:

													
													
												

												
												

													
													
Directory 'nikhil' created

													
													
												

												
											

											
											

												
10 Python File System Methods You Should Know

												
												

													
													
While programming in any language, interaction between the programs and the operating system (Windows, Linux, macOS) can become important at some point in any developer’s life. This interaction may include moving files from one location to another, creating a new file, deleting a file, etc. 

													
													
												

												
												

													
													
In this article, we will discuss 10 essential file system methods of the OS and Shutil module in Python that helps to interact with our operating system and use OS-dependent functionalities.

													
													
												

												
											

										


										
										

											
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