Create directory at specified path in Python does not work for me

Question

I think I am pretty familiar with how os.mkdir and os.makedirs work but somehow I'm missing something here. I have a function named check_for_dir() in my script myscript.py that is located in this path Users/myuser/Projects/myProject/myscript.py. I want to create a directory named mydirectory in my home folder. It looks like this:

import os

path = 'Users/myuser/mydirectory/'

def check_for_dir(path):
    if not os.path.exists(path):
        os.makedirs(path)

check_for_dir(path)

But for some reason the whole structure defined in variable path is created in script's location. What this means is that directory mydirectory/ is created in this path: Users/myuser/Projects/myproject/Users/myuser/mydirectory/

What am I doing wrong?

backtrack · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-23 07:01:37Z

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import os

path = '/Users/myuser/mydirectory/'

def check_for_dir(path):
    if not os.path.exists(path):
        os.makedirs(path)

check_for_dir(path)

I think you have to change path as path = '/Users/myuser/mydirectory/' Hope this will help

If you specify path = 'Users/myuser/mydirectory/' then it will be consider as a relative path then creates a folder as you have mentioned in the question

answered Dec 23, 2014 at 7:01

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user3056783 Over a year ago

Sorry I don't follow. Could you explain more in detail?

user3056783 Over a year ago

Oh I'm sorry. I scanned your answer quickly and didn't notice the absence of backlash. Thanks for that.

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