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❔ Interview question

How do you create a new directory using the os module in Python, and what is the recommended way to handle cases where the directory might already exist?

Answer: The primary function to create a new directory (and any necessary parent directories) is os.makedirs(). To gracefully manage situations where the target directory might already exist without causing a FileExistsError, the recommended approach is to set the exist_ok parameter to True. This ensures that if the directory already exists, no exception is raised, allowing your program to continue execution smoothly. An example usage would be os.makedirs('path/to/my/new_directory', exist_ok=True).

tags: #interview #os #PythonBasics #FileSystem

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