New submission from Ray.Allen <ysj....@gmail.com>: As discussed in python-dev mailing list, something should be add to os.mkdir() and os.makedirs() to simulate the shell's "mkdir -p" function, that is, suppress the OSError exception if the target directory exists.
Here is a patch against py3k, with code, test and doc. I add an "ensure_exist" keyword argument for both os.mkdir() and os.makedirs(), indicates weather an OSError is raised if the target directory already exists. Since I've no windows environment, I only tested the patch on Unix. Hope someone could help test it on windows. ---------- components: Library (Lib) files: mkdir_py3k.diff keywords: patch messages: 110719 nosy: ysj.ray priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: os.mkdir() and os.makedirs() add a keyword argument to suppress "File exists" exception. versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.3 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file18059/mkdir_py3k.diff _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue9299> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
