What is the fucntion of mkdir -p in Python

Question

I am looking for a solution other than a system call, is there a way to get functionality similar to mkdir -p on the shell from within Python. I am sure the code is less than 20 lines, and I am wondering if someone has already written it?

Answer 1

mkdir -p gives you an error if the file already exists:

$ touch /tmp/foo
$ mkdir -p /tmp/foo
mkdir: cannot create directory `/tmp/foo': File exists

You can try the full code as following

import os
def mkdirp(directory):
    if not os.path.isdir(directory):
        os.makedirs(directory)