current directory issue - Printable Version

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current directory issue - saisankalpj - Nov-12-2018

i am having path variable as final_directory= os.getcwd()+"\\Logs\\"
and the code

if not os.path.exists(final_directory):
   os.makedirs(final_directory)

This above code doesnt seem to create a Logs directory if not present.

RE: current directory issue - buran - Nov-12-2018

1. add print(os.getwd()) and check that CWD is indeed what you think it is
2. use final_directory = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'Logs')
3. it's better to use try/except clause, instead of above if

try:
    os.makedirs(final_directory)
except OSError:
    pass

given that CWD exists and you create just one sub-folder, you can also use just os.mkdir

try:
    os.mkdir(final_directory)
except FileExistsError:
    pass