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-====Create or Delete Directory/Folders====
+====Directories====
-[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12517451/automatically-creating-directories-with-file-output Reference]
+Create, Move, and Delete directories or folders
 <syntaxhighlight lang="python">
 import os, shutil, time
 import os.path as path
-# Or os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+# Create a directory
-def ensure_dir_exists(dir_path):
+os.makedirs("new_dir", exist_ok=True)
-    if not os.path.exists(dir_path):
+# or os.makedirs(os.path.dirname("new_dir/my_file.txt"), exist_ok=True)
-        try:
-            os.makedirs(dir_path)
-        except OSError as exc: # Guard against race condition
-            if exc.errno != errno.EEXIST:
-                raise
-# Example usage to create new_dir folder
-ensure_dir_exists("new_dir")
-# or
-ensure_dir_exists(os.path.dirname("new_dir/my_file.txt"))
 # Delete an empty directory
 os.rmdir(dir_path)
 # Delete an empty or non-empty directory
 shutil.rmtree(dir_path)