On 4/28/23 09:55, Chris Green wrote:
I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here but I can't see an elegant
way to do this. I want to create a directory, but if it exists it's
not an error and the code should just continue.
So, I have:-
for dirname in listofdirs:
try:
os.mkdir(dirname)
except FileExistsError:
# so what can I do here that says 'carry on regardless'
except:
# handle any other error, which is really an error
# I want code here to execute whether or not dirname exists
Do I really have to use a finally: block? It feels rather clumsy.
For this specific case, you can use os.makedirs:
os.makedirs(dirname, exist_ok=True)
The mkdir in pathlib also takes the exist_ok flag
As to the way you asked the question, you can use "pass" or the ellipses
for the "# so what can I do here"
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